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1. Question : What school of ethics would drive the commanding officer (CO) to follow rules and procedures? Student Answer: Objectivist ethics of self-interest Aristotle's virtue ethics Deontolog... ical ethics Aquinas' ethics Care-based ethics Instructor Explanation: 1. Deontological Ethics The deontological ethics of duty to follow requirements and procedures relate in this case to safety of aircraft operation and travel of people not trained as air crewmembers. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 2 . Question : Which of the three primary schools of ethics is operating when the commanding officer (CO) decides for medical evacuation of the injured sailor in order to aid the most possible? Student Answer: Care based Ends based Virtue based Self-interest Conscience driven Instructor Explanation: 2. Utilitarian Ethics “No matter what . . .” indicates the need to deliver an outcome or consequence of the decision without regard to the risks or violations involved. Points Received: 6 of 6 https://www.coursehero.com/file/21310439/Principles-of-Ethics-Week-6-Quiz/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Question 3 . Question : If the CO had been influenced by studying Thomas Aquinas, his decision making would be influenced by what factor? Student Answer: His conscience His strength of personality His desire to succeed through successful outcomes His repentance His leadership skills Instructor Explanation: 3. Thomas Aquinas This connects to Aquinas’ concept of conscience affecting the decision maker. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 4 . Question : An excessive fear of not upsetting the carrier air group commander is indicative of which of the following? Student Answer: Consequences-driven ethics A deficiency of the virtue of courage An honoring of the social contract Deontological ethics Care-based ethics Instructor Explanation: 4. Deficiency of the Virtue of Courage With Aristotle’s virtue ethics of the mean, failure to bother the Carrier Air Group Commander and even the reluctance to do so is a deficiency of the virtue of courage: an aberration of the virtue. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 5 . Question : The maxim "I uphold only the ethical view that all rational beings https://www.coursehero.com/file/21310439/Principles-of-Ethics-Week-6-Quiz/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com ought uphold" follows _____. Student Answer: Utilitarian ethics An Aristotelian moderation of virtue A strong application of care-based ethics Kant's categorical imperative in the first formulation Care-based ethics Instructor Explanation: 5. Kant’s Categorical Imperative, first formulation The key word is maxim, which is only used in the course to connect with categorical imperative in the first formulation (even though it can look like care-based ethics is at work). Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 6 . Question : A voice in one's head telling one what the right thing to do is Student Answer: Aristotle's Virtues of the Mean. An act of conscience. Calculated acceptance of unavoidable consequences. Being driven by personal self-interest and ambition. Ends-based thinking of the Three Primary Schools of Ethics Instructor Explanation: 6. An Act of Conscience As Ruggiero explains in our text, the notion of conscience is frequently explained as being a voice in one's head. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 7 . Question : The CO's concern to maximize the best outcomes for ship and crew applies which school of ethics? Student Answer: Care-based school https://www.coursehero.com/file/21310439/Principles-of-Ethics-Week-6-Quiz/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Virtue-based school Ends-based school Avoidance of extremes position Rules-based school Instructor Explanation: 7. Utilitarian Ethics is within the ends-based school of the three schools of ethics. The key phrase best possible outcome is an ends-based indicator of utilitarian ethics, acknowledging that there are some much worse possible outcomes. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 8 . Question : If the CO were to put concern for his personal reputation ahead of the needs of the injured sailor, what style of ethics would be operating? Student Answer: Deficiency of courage Kant's categorical imperative, second formulation Aquinas' concept of natural law ethics Ayn Rand's objectivism James' logical positivism Instructor Explanation: 8. Ayn Rand’s Objectivism The CO’s first, and possibly only, consideration is his own self-interest for promotion of his career, even above the interests of the injured sailor or the crew in general. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 9 . Question : For the CO to consider what the crew as a whole would want for handling the situation involves what kind of ethics? https://www.coursehero.com/file/21310439/Principles-of-Ethics-Week-6-Quiz/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Student Answer: Sphere of influence Utilitarian ethics Majority thinking The principle of equity Care-based ethics Instructor Explanation: 9. Utilitarian Ethics The question asks what outcome is desired by the crew as stakeholders in the activity, not what they would want for themselves personally if injured. That consideration comes up at Question 10. Points Received: 6 of 6 Question 10 . Question : If the CO were to take a care-based approach to this emergency situation, what would he do? Student Answer: He would try to sympathize with the sailor and feel his pain. He would try to figure out what he would want if he were the sailor and had suffered the injury. He would contact the injured sailor's family at home. He would follow the published instructions for this kind of emergency He would get the carrier air group commander to send the helicopter, even after dark. Instructor Explanation: 10. Care-based Ethics Care-based ethics is indicated by the CO’s attempt to understand and meet the desires of the sailor as the sailor sees it. Points Received: 6 of 6 https://www.coursehero.com/file/21310439/Principles-of-Ethics-Week-6-Quiz/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) [Show More]

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