Multiple choice

1. Sarah believes that people should take actions that benefit society as a whole the most. Which of the following ethical theories most accurately describes Sarah’s beliefs?

Kantian ethics

Utilitarianism

Natural Rights

Ethical Fundamentalism

2. Which of the following is a correct statement?

When people’s desires conflict, the doctrine of ethical egoism provides a mechanism to arbitrate and settle differences in a fair and balanced manner.

The Sophists believed that ethical principles and moral rules are universal, objective, impersonal, and eternal.

Machiavelli had a positive and laudatory view of people and human nature.

Machiavelli’s political philosophy stems logically from the teachings of the Sophists.

3. Ace Tool Company's decision-makers view a particular risk in the use of Ace's product as open and obvious to consumers. Continuing to market the product without explicitly telling consumers of the risk very likely would NOT be justified from a perspective of 

Machiavellian ethics

Kantian ethics

Ethical Egoism

Utilitarian ethics

4. Abraham Lincoln's famous condemnation of slavery, "So I would not be a slave, therefore I shall not be a master," best reflects what type of ethical thinking:

Ethical relativism

Utilitarianism

Rousseau's General Will theory

Kant's Categorical Imperative