Question

1) Which two ethicists seek to universalize ethical decision-making?

a. Mill and Moore

b. Mill and Kant

c. Kant and Rawls

d. Rawls and Bentham

e. Plato and Mill

2) What do Act and Rule Utilitarians both agree on (select all that apply):

Group of answer choices

That we should be guided by moral duty

That we should be guided by potential outcomes

That we should subscribe to the Principle of Integrity

That we should subscribe to the Humanitarian Principle

That we should subscribe to the Categorical Imperative

That we should subscribe to the Principle of Utility

That means are not as important as ends

That ends are not as important as means

3) Select all that Immanuel Kant would agree with:

Group of answer choices

That we should put individual rights above societal benefit

That we should put societal benefit above individual rights

That we should choose that act that would maximize good and minimize evil for the greatest number of people.

That we should choose that act that we would be willing to become a universal law.

That we should treat others as a means never as an end in themselves

That we should treat others with respect and dignity

That moral duty is more important than consequences

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option C. Kant and Rawls attempted to universalise ethical decision making.

2. The correct answers are Options B, F and G. These perspectives hold that we should be guided by potential outcomes, that we should subscribe to the Principle of Utility and that means are not as important as ends.

3. The correct answers are Options D, F and G. Kant would agree that we should choose that act that we would be willing to become a universal law, we should treat others with respect and dignity and that moral duty is more important than consequences.