BUS 309 Week 3 Quiz

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Quiz 2 Chapter 2

Chapter 2—Normative Theories of Ethics

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Consequentialism

a.	is best represented by Ross's theory of ethics.
b.	states that sometimes the consequences of our actions can be morally relevant.
c.	states that the moral rightness of an action is determined solely by its results.
d.	differs from nonconsequentialism because nonconsequentialism denies that consequences have any moral significance.

2. If you adopt ethical egoism as your moral code, then

a.	you can never act honestly or be gracious or helpful to others.
b.	you must endorse hedonism.
c.	you must always avoid any unpleasant or painful experiences.
d.	you believe that it is morally right to do whatever promotes your self-interest.

3. Egoism as a psychological theory

a.	states that self-interest is the only thing that ever motivates anyone.
b.	is the same thing as ethical egoism.
c.	states that people are sometimes selfish.
d.	is based on egoism as an ethical theory.

4. Which of the following represents a utilitarian belief?

a.	Rightness is determined by what most people want, i.e., by majority rule.
b.	Rightness is determined by what will bring about the most good.
c.	We should concern ourselves only with the immediate results of our actions.
d.	We must always disregard our own happiness when deciding what to do.

5. According to the utilitarian theory, an action is morally right if and only if

a.	it makes the person who does it happy.
b.	everyone prefers that action to any other action.
c.	it maximizes total, net happiness.
d.	it brings only happiness and causes no pain.

6. Utilitarians believe that

a.	knowledge, friendship, and aesthetic satisfaction are intrinsically valuable (or inherently good).
b.	we can predict with certainty the future consequences of our actions.
c.	an action that leads to unhappiness is morally right if any other action that you could have performed instead would have brought about even more unhappiness.
d.	an action can't be right if the people who are made happy by it are outnumbered by the people who are made unhappy by it.

7. Which of the following considerations about utilitarianism is correct?

a.	The great 19th century utilitarians, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, believed that pleasure and happiness were different things.
b.	Unlike Mill, Bentham was only concerned with the amount of pleasure that an action produces, not the quality of the pleasure.
c.	Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism boil down to the same thing.
d.	Utilitarians believe that we can't compare one person's happiness with that of another.

8. The case of the "deathbed promise" shows that

a.	utilitarianism may lead to conclusions that conflict with commonsense morality.
b.	keeping your promises never maximizes happiness.
c.	it was wrong to have made the promise in the first place.
d.	utilitarianism boils down to egoism.

9. Utilitarianism is appealing as a standard for moral decision making in business. Which of the following provides a reason for this?

a.	Utilitarianism provides an objective way of resolving conflicts of self-interest.
b.	Utilitarianism provides a rigid approach to moral decision making.
c.	Utilitarianism provides a fuzzy standard for formulating and testing policies.

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