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1. Ethics of the deontological school would drive the commanding officer (CO) to make what decision? (Points : 6)
To seek the best welfare for his sailor
To take risks of courage
To calculate the best possible outcome
To ask what virtues he seeks to honor
To do his duty under rules and procedures
Question 2.2. A decision to get the injured seaman flown to the aircraft carrier for the good of all is an example of what kind of ethics? (Points : 6)
Humean
An application of virtuous courage
Deontological
Utilitarian
Objectivist
Question 3.3. Thinking, "my conscience will never let me sleep if something bad happens to my seaman," shows that the CO has been reading what ethicist?(Points : 6)
Thomas Aquinas
Ayn Rand
Thomas Hobbes
John Stuart Mill
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Question 4.4.
What virtue is not shown if the CO shows unwillingness to contact the carrier air group commander about the welfare of his sailor because of fear?
(Points : 6)
Procrastination
Selfishness
The virtue of courage
Wisdom
Moderation
Question 5.5. If the CO follows a principle that relates to the first formulation of the categorical imperative, what is the proper term of Kant's that should be used? (Points : 6)
Precept
Decision
Criterion
Determination
Maxim
Question 6.6. A voice in one's head telling one what the right thing to do is (Points : 6)
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
Question 7.7. To ask, "What is the best possible outcome for my whole ship" is to apply what kind of ethics? (Points : 6)
Social contract
Utilitarianism
Deontological ethics
Being caught in a dilemma
Ethics of the mean
Question 8.8. If the CO fails to take action for the injured sailor's welfare because it might damage his professional reputation, what kind of ethics is operating in the situation? (Points : 6)
Objectivism
Emotionalism
Subjectivism
Ethical relativism
Sin
Question 9.9. For the CO to consider what the crew as a whole would want for handling the situation involves what kind of ethics? (Points : 6)
Sphere of influence
Utilitarian ethics
Majority thinking
The principle of equity
Care-based ethics
Question 10.10. A decision to ask the injured seaman what he wants to happen is what kind of ethics? (Points : 6)
Care-based ethics
The prudent mariner approach
Utilitarian ethics
The ethics of self-interest
The CO's duty