SOC 120 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

SOC 120 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 




Question 1

What is the best way to define the word “autonomy” when it comes to ethical decision making?

 

o   Having the freedom to do whatever someone wants to do

o   Having limitations that prevent one from doing what one wants to do

o   Having the freedom to make decisions that align with one’s desires, goals, and social context

o   Being determined by fate to act in specific ways

o   None of the above

 

 

Question 2

What is one of the most fundamental questions in the issue of whether or not one can ethically use stem cells from embryos for research?

 

o   How many embryos are there?

o   What is the dividing time for cells in an embryo?

o   From whom did the embryo emerge?

o   When does life begin in an embryo?

o   None of the above

 

 

Question 3

Who is famous for establishing the oath for physicians that exists today?

 

o   Socrates

o   Heraclitus

o   Aristotle

o   Tiberius

o   None of the above

 

 

 Question 4

Which is a guideline for doctors pursuing research with human subjects?

 

o   The human subject does not need to consent.

o   The experiment can be based on activity that does not necessarily promote a greater

Good for society.

o   The degree of risk should not be greater than the seriousness of the problem that needs to be solved.

o   Subjects should not be able to end the experiment when they choose.

o   The scientist has the right to continue the experiment after determining that harm might result.

 

 

 

 Question 5

Death with Dignity requires that______________

 

o   The patient desire to undertake the procedure.

o   The doctor administer the lethal dose.

o   The patient have a family member aid in administering the lethal dose.

o   A and B

o   A and C

 

 


Question 6

What is one formulation of Kant’s categorical imperative?

 

o   An eye for an eye.

o   Always act in such a way that you promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

o   Treat others as you would want to be treated.

o   Do well to others with hate in your heart.

o   Always treat people as ends in themselves, never as means to an end.

 


Question 7

Since 1930, the average lifespan of someone in the United States has increased by________

 

o   7 years.

o   12 years.

o   19 years.

o   22 years.

o   26 years.

 

 

 

Question 8

What is the difference between RU486 and “Plan B”?

 

o   RU486 cannot prevent pregnancies that have already occurred while “Plan B” can.

o   RU486 prevents eggs from fertilizing while “Plan B” works to destroy the embryo.

o   RU486 and “Plan B” can both eliminate current pregnancies.

o   RU 486 induces the abortion of fertilized embryos while “Plan B” prevents eggs from being fertilized.

o   None of the above

 


Question 9

Which company recruited homeless people to test its drugs?

 

o   Pfizer

o   Eli Lilly

o   SmithKline Beecham

o   Merck

o   None of the above

 

 

 Question 10

In euthanasia, ___________________

 

o   The doctor is present when a family member administers the lethal dose.

o   The doctor acts in some manner to bring about the death of the patient.

o   Patients take a lethal dose of medication on their own.

o   All of the above

o   B and C

 

 

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