Ethics Final

1. 1_____ is the directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person’s sake.
   

   1. AEuthanasia
   2. BPhysician-Assisted Suicide
   3. CAdvance Directive
   4. DInvoluntary Euthanasia
2. 2In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a life-sustaining respirator could be legally disconnected from _____ , a young woman who lapsed into a persistent vegetative state.

   1. AKaren Ann Quinlan
   2. BTerri Shiavo
   3. CNancy Cruzan
   4. DBarbara Walters
3. 3A _____ could argue that euthanasia is never permissible because it would entail treating persons as mere disposable things.

   1. AKantian
   2. BNatural Law Theorist
   3. CUtilitarian
   4. DEgoist
4. 4______ is known as a champion of the right to die movement, having helped many incurably ill people commit suicide.
   

   1. ADr. Kevorkian
   2. BKaren Ann Quinlan
   3. CTerri Shiavo
   4. DNancy Cruzan
5. 5In March of 2005, a judge ruled to remove the feeding tube and _____ died of starvation 13 days later. The parents called the removal of the feeding tube “judicial homicide” and the Vatican officially called it “an act against God.”
   

   1. ATerri Schiavo
   2. BKaren Ann Quinlan
   3. CNancy Cruzan
   4. DDr Kevorkian
6. 6_____ is euthanasia performed by withholding or withdrawing measures necessary for sustaining life.

   1. APassive Euthanasia
   2. BInvoluntary Euthanasia
   3. CVoluntary Euthanasia
   4. DPhysician Assited Suicide
7. 7_____ is euthanasia performed on a person who is not competent to decide the issue and has left no instructions regarding end-of-life preferences.

   1. ANon-Voluntary Euthanasia
   2. BAdvance Directive
   3. CPassive Euthanasia
   4. DInvoluntary Euthanasia
8. 8The majority of people do not support legalized physician assisted suicide.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
9. 9A _____ would consider the patients suffering (as well as family members) and the likely success of any treatments, then try to determine how much overall happiness would be generated by different actions, including bringing out the patient’s death.

   1. Autilitarian
   2. Bkantian
   3. Cnatural law theorist
   4. Degoist
10. 10According to a _____ suicide treats persons as if they had no more value than that of a beast.
    

    1. AKantian
    2. BNatural Law Theorist
    3. CUtilitarian
    4. DVirtue Theorist

11. 11A(n) _____ is the deliberate termination of pregnancy by surgical or medical means.

    1. AAbortion
    2. BSpontaneous Abortion
    3. CTherapeudic Abortion
    4. DMiscarriage
12. 12A(n) _____ is the unintended termination of pregnancy due to medical disorder or injury.
    

    1. AMiscarriage
    2. BInduced Abortion
    3. CTherapeutic Abortion
    4. DAccidental Abortion
13. 13A(n) _____ is an abortion performed to protect the life or health of the mother.

    1. ATherapeutic Abortion
    2. BSpontaneous Abortion
    3. CInduced Abortion
    4. DMiscarriage
14. 14_____ is the merging of a sperm cell and an ovum into a single cell; also called fertilization.

    1. AConception
    2. BQuickening
    3. CViability
    4. Dinception
15. 15_____ is the point in fetal development when the mother can feel the fetus moving (it occurs at about 16 to 20 weeks).

    1. AQuickening
    2. BViability
    3. CConception
    4. DInception
16. 16_____ is the stage of fetal development at which the fetus is able to survive outside the uterus.

    1. AViability
    2. BQuickening
    3. CConception
    4. DPersonhood
17. 17For a natural law theorist, abortion may be justified to protect the rights and the dignity of the mother.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
18. 18For a Kantian, abortion may be justified to protect the rights and the dignity of the mother.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
19. 19A common _____ argument states that the unborn is not a person until birth, and thus does not have a right to life.

    1. ALiberal
    2. BConservative
    3. CModerate
    4. DPro-Life
20. 20A common _____ argument is that the unborn is an innocent person from conception.

    1. AConservative
    2. BLiberal
    3. CModerate
    4. DPro-choice
21. 21The ____ view holds that sex is permissible only in a marraige between a man and a woman.
    

    1. Aconventional
    2. Bliberal
    3. Cmoderate
    4. Dconservative
22. 22The ____ view is that sex is permissible between informed consenting adults.
    

    1. ALiberal
    2. BConventional
    3. Cmoderate
    4. Dconservative
23. 23The ___ view is that sex is permissible between informed consenting adults who are bound by love or commitment.

    1. Amoderate
    2. Bconventional
    3. Cliberal
    4. Dconservative
24. 24According to the ____ view, premarital sex and extramarital sex are wrong.
    

    1. Aconventional
    2. Bliberal
    3. Cmoderate
    4. Dconservative
25. 25The _____ view has been championed by Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and has been vigorously defended in the natural law teachings of the Catholic church.
    

    1. Aconventional
    2. Bliberal
    3. Cmoderate
    4. Dconservative
26. 26 The ____ view is that as long as basic moral standards are respected, any sexual activity engaged in by informed, consenting adults is permissible.
    

    1. Aliberal
    2. Bmoderate
    3. Cconservative
    4. Dconventional
27. 27According to the ____ view, both marital and premarital sex is permitted but promiscuous sex would likely be disallowed.
    

    1. Amoderate
    2. Bliberal
    3. Cconservative
    4. Dconventional
28. 28_____ of Amercians have had premarital sex by age 44.

    1. A25
    2. B50
    3. C75
    4. D95
29. 29_____ of Americans advocate civil unions for same sex couples but not marriage.
    

    1. A25
    2. B33
    3. C50
    4. D66
30. 30Homosexual behavior is found in nature among insects, birds, fish, and mammals.
    

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
31. 31_____ states that we should avoid being cruel to animals because cruelty to animals may lead to cruelty to humans.
    

    1. Athomas Aquinas
    2. BThe book of genisis
    3. CAristotle
    4. DRene Secartes
32. 32The traditional notion is that animals are something with intrinsic value only.
    

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
33. 33_____ claims that animals are merely machines, like mechanical clocks, incapable of feeling pleasure or pain.
    

    1. ARene Descartes
    2. BImmanuel Kant
    3. CThomas Aquinas
    4. DAristotle
34. 34_____ claims that animals are means to man's end.
    

    1. AImmanuel Kant
    2. BTom Regan
    3. CPaul Mccartney
    4. DPeter singer
35. 35_____ claims that discriminating against non-human animals just because of their species is speciesism.
    

    1. APeter singer
    2. BTom regan
    3. CThomas Aquinas
    4. DImmanuel Kant
36. 36In 2005, more than ____ animals were slaughtered for food in the US alone.

    1. A10 billion
    2. B1 billion
    3. C100 million
    4. D10 million
37. 37_____ is the property of being a suitable candidate for direct moral concern or respect.

    1. AMoral Status
    2. BAnimal Rights
    3. CDirect Moral Status
    4. DIndirect Moral Status
38. 38_____ is a utilitarian philosopher credited with what is known as the animal rights movement.

    1. APeter Singer
    2. BTom Regan
    3. CMahatma Gandhi
    4. DJeremy Bentham
39. 39When Jeremy Bentham created utilitarianism, he included both humans and animals as "everyone considered."
    

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
40. 40 ______'s theory implies that if it would be wrong to dissect, hurt, torture, eat, cage, hunt, or trap a human, then it would also be wrong to do the same to an animal- and the amount of good that might be produced from such acts is irrelevant.
    

    1. ATom Regan
    2. BPeter Singer
    3. CJeremy Bentham
    4. DImmanuel Kant
41. 41_____ is the notion that only humans have moral status.
    

    1. AAnthropocentrism
    2. BBiocentrism
    3. CZoocentrism
    4. DHumancentrism
42. 42_____ is the notion that both human and non-human animals have moral status.
    

    1. AZoocentrism
    2. BAnthropocentrism
    3. CBiocentrism
    4. DHumancentrism
43. 43_____ is the view that all living entities have moral status, whether sentient or not.
    

    1. ABiocentrism
    2. BAnthropocentrism
    3. CZoocentrism
    4. DHumancentrism
44. 44A(n) _____ is one who believes that all living things have equal moral status.
    

    1. Aspecies egalitarian
    2. Bspecies non-egalitarian
    3. CEcological individualist
    4. Decological holist
45. 45A(n) _____ is one who believes that some living things have greater moral status than others.
    

    1. Aspecies non-egalitarian
    2. Bspecies egalitarian
    3. Cecological individualist
    4. Decological holist
46. 46A(n) _____ is one who believes that the fundamental unit of moral consideration in environmental ethics is the individual
    

    1. Aecological individualist
    2. Becological holist
    3. Cspecies egalitarian
    4. Dspecies non-egalitarian
47. 47A(n) _____ is one who believes that the fundamental unit of moral consideration in environmental ethics is the biosphere and its ecosystem.
    

    1. Aecological holist
    2. Becological individualist
    3. Cspecies egalitarian
    4. Dspecies non-egalitarian
48. 48Peter Singer is a _____.
    

    1. Azoocentrist
    2. Banthropocentrist
    3. Chumancentrist
    4. Dbiocentrist
49. 49Paul Taylor is a _____.
    

    1. Abiocentrist
    2. Bzoocentrist
    3. Canthropocentrist
    4. Dhumancentrist
50. 50Tom Regan is a _____.
    

    1. Azoocentrist
    2. Bbiocentrist
    3. Canthropocentrist
    4. Dhumancentrist
51. 51 _____ tell of the horrors accompanying the death penalty such as innocent people wrongly convicted, executions gone wrong, and the number of poor and minorities executed.
    

    1. AAbolitionists
    2. BRetentionists
    3. CConventionalists
    4. DConservatives
52. 52 _____ remind us of murderers whose crimes are so horrific that the death penalty seems the only fitting punishment.
    

    1. ARetentionsists
    2. BAbolitionists
    3. CConventionslists
    4. DLiberals
53. 53_____ is the deliberate and authorized causing of pain or harm to someone thought to have broken a law.
    
    

    1. APunishment
    2. BCapital Punishment
    3. CRetribution
    4. DDeterrence
54. 54 _____ is punishment by execution of someone officially judged to have committed a serious, or capital, crime.
    

    1. ACapital Punishment
    2. BPunishment
    3. CDeterrence
    4. DRetribution
55. 55In 2004, ____ carried out the most executions.
    

    1. AChina
    2. BIran
    3. CVietnam
    4. DUSA
56. 56In 2003, the majority of people executed by the federal government were _____.
    

    1. AWhite
    2. BBLack
    3. CHispanic
    4. DNative American
57. 57It is cheaper to execute a convict than it is to imprison them for life.
    

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
58. 58According to _____ , judicial punishment must, in all cases, be imposed only because the individual on whom it is inflicted has committed a crime.
    

    1. AImmanuel Kant
    2. BConsequentialism
    3. CUtilitarinism
    4. Dnatural law
59. 59 _____ is the view that offenders deserve to be punished, or "paid back” for their crimes and to be punished in proportion to the severity of their offences.
    

    1. ARetribution
    2. BLex Talionis
    3. CDeterrence
    4. DPunishment
60. 60 _____ is the dissuading of possible offenders from committing capital crimes.
    

    1. ADeterrence
    2. BRetribution
    3. CLex Talionis
    4. DPunishment

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