In the simplest terms, ethics is basically the philosophical branch, which sets apart right and wrong. Ethics in America is a quiz testing on the code of ethics set by the American Constitution. Enjoy while at it.
The male head of a family or tribe
A rare and beautiful bird which lives only in some South American countries.
The youngest male of a Native American tribe.
An extremely old book written in Egypt.
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A person who is morally opposed to violence and war of any kind.
A group of people who protest against wars.
It is the term for a company which sells pacifiers
There is no such thing as a pacifist.
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Speech
Media
Assembly
All of the Above
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The ability of a person to hold their breath for a really long time to conserve oxygen.
Long term maintenance of the environment and endurance of the human race.
Being vegetarian because current rates of consumption of meat do not allow animal populations adequate time to sustain themselves.
It's acceptable to exploit natural resources because humans are the conquerors of the world.
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Feminism is just another word for ethics.
The feminist movement is an attempt to ensure that here isn't unethical treatment of women
Feminism and ethics are two completely unrelated topics.
The feminist movement is what caused discussion of ethics. before that it wasn't even a word.
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Use of fossil fuels
Cutting down trees
Recycling
Excessive Hunting
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Informed consent
Communication of diagnoses
Accurate reporting of test results
All of the above
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Doctor patient relations
Informed consent
Human experimentation
Where the patient lives
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The first two prophets
The children of Adam and Eve
The last two prophets in the Old Testament
The last two prophets in the New Testament
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When a person actively affirms that they belong to a specific religion.
A term which applies only to feminism and helping underrepresented women.
A philosophy which attempts to benefit underrepresented group based on race, gender or religion.
A famous law firm in Dallas, Texas which actively seeks out racism cases.
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Complete political, social, and economic equality between women and men.
To make it so that women can get jobs just as easily, or easier than men.
Complete political equality, which began with women suffrage in the 1920's but continues in other ways today.
Feminism has no ultimate goal.
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Native American philosophy is much more in tune with nature.
European philosophy is much more in tune with nature
Neither philosophy is in tune with nature at all
There is no difference between the two philosophies. both are equally in tune with nature.
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An eye for an eye
Complete mercy
Punishment equal to crime
Complete justice
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Any practice which harms an environment that is low income or racially homogeneous more than it does other environments.
Discriminating against certain types of plants. For example, some people refuse to plant rose bushes.
A theory which revolves around a philosophy which states that plants are capable of feeling emotion.
None of the above are correct because there is no such thing as environmental racism.
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Attitude, oaths, and forgiveness
Prayer, judgement, and false prophets
Murder, adultery and marriage
All of the above
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It took place from 1832 through 1872
The ethics of the study have been questioned because they never told the subjects that they had syphilis or treated them for it.
3,000 African Americans were part of the study
The study was completely ethical because they didn't negatively affect the subjects in any way.
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Dreams
Walls
Rocks
Shadows
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Because taking cells from a person's brain stem is a dangerous process
Because taking cells from a plant's stem ruins the natural environment.
Because it is a type of experimentation that almost always end badly for the patient
Because the extraction process kills the embryo.
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Abraham's promise to Jacob.
God's promise to Jacob.
Jacob's promise to Abraham.
God's promise to Abraham.
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Dharma
Generosity
Karma
Relationships
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Murder
Making slanderous and false accusations
Threatening the goverment
Corrupting the youth
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To protect society.
To punish someone.
To restrict violent behavior.
To teach moral behavior.
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Literally "do no harm" the principle of Ahimsa bans the harming of humans or animals.
Ahimsa does not support violence of any kind, including that in self defense.
Ahimsa openly supports violence, especially in the case of self defense
Ahimsa works in direct contrast with the theory of karma. instead it believes that there are no actual consequences for a person's actions.
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If someone acts based on a principle that they agree with.
When a person votes for a person whose viewpoints they agree with.
A person protesting against a product which they don't agree with
A university offering more scholarship opportunities to applications from minority races.
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The patient is fully informed and has given consent.
The patient is mentally competent to consent
The treatment is relatively fast activing
The treatment is mean to cure the patient
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Companies which sell pacifiers are often unethical in their treatment of employees.
It is unethical for groups which are opposed to the government to protest war.
Pacifism has no actually or accepted application to ethics.
Many people question whether it is unethical to force a pacifist to fight in a war.
Cells which are taken from the stem of a plant for research about plant development.
Cells which have potential to become any type of cell.
Cells which are taken from a plants stem in order to learn more about plant structure.
Human cells take from the brain stem.
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Disconnecting the life support machine from a person who still has brain function.
Refusing to perform a potentially life saving surgery
Legally taking a person in a coma off of life support
Knowingly administering a lethal overdose of prescribed medication
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Shamans were people with the ability to contact the spirit world
The earth and nature were believed to have mysterious powers.
Native Americans were upset when Europeans began settling because they considered the land to be theirs
Native American philosophy promotes respect for nature.
Only II
I and II only
II and III only
I, II, and III
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The Categorical Imperative was false.
The Categorical Imperative was the same as Utilitarianism
The Categorical Imperative was true.
The Categorical Imperative was only Deontological
In Hinduism there is no difference between the souls of animals and humans, so it is wrong to harm either in anyway.
Ahimsa literally means "do no harm" and is a central idea of Hinduism
Ahimsa supports a person's actions in self defense.
All of the above are true.
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Moses sets forth the Ten Commandments
Cain kills his brother Abel, becoming the world's first murderer.
The Israelite's are led out of bondage in Egypt.
The Israelite's covenant with the Lord.
Perfect duties and imperfect duties.
Perfect duties to oneself and imperfect duties to oneself.
Duties to oneself and duties to others.
Perfect duties to others and imperfect duties to others.
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Social justice.
Inalienable rights.
Justice as fairness.
Natural rights.
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Ethic of care over ethic of trust.
Ethic of justice over ethic of trust
Ethic of care and trust over ethic of justice and rights
Ethic of justice over ethic of care and trust
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Karma
Justice
Dharma
All of the above
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A person's right to take part in public affairs
Political freedom is the right to vote
Political freedom is the specific term for freedom of speech
None of the above are correct description of political freedom.
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Inclinations to self-preservation, reproduction and reason.
Inclinations to Divine law, natural law and self-preservation.
Inclinations to self-reservation, reproduction and care of offspring.
Inclinations to sovereign rule, legislative rule, and rule by the people.
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Aldo Leopold: land ethic
Round River
The Sand County Almanac
Game Management
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Sir Francis BAcon
John Dewey
John Locke
Aristotle
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Relative mean
Virtuous mean
Moderate mean
Absolute mean
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Jacob was the first-born son of Abraham.
Abraham was Jacob's ancestor.
Jacob and Abraham were brothers.
Jacob was Abraham's father.
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Thomas Jefferson
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. Martin Luther King
Henry David Thoreau
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Galileo
Aristotle
John Calvin
Thrasymachus
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There is no ethical conflict related to the Law of Retaliation
The Law of Retaliation is too merciful to be a basis for ethical principles.
All people are essentially the same, and God expects the same purity of all.
The struggle between being just and being merciful.
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Moral Skepticism and Relativism
Self-Interest and Dominant Plitics
Punitive Justice and Force
Modernism and Relative Skepticism
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Locke did not believe that suicide was unethical. on the contrary, he believed that every person had the right to determine ho and when their life would end.
He believed that suicide is a form of murder and it should legally and ethically just as wrong
Because it is unfair to all the other people that the person knows.
He believed that human beings belong to God, making it His decision how long they live.
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