Ethics

  1. Kant's Second Formulation (the Formula of Humanity) can be used to justify



    D) all of the above
  2. According of Kantianism, we have personal autonomy because we



    C) have the ability to make our own decisions based on reason
  3. A scholarship panel which looks at applications that have been stripped of identifying content (e.g., names, ages, addresses, schools) can be said to be operating using



    A) the Veil of Ignorance
  4. A tax formula that has lower income people paying a smaller percentage in tax than higher income people could be said to be operating under



    A) the Difference Principle
  5. A doctor treating a patient with a complicated heart condition is faced with two options.  The first option is an experimental surgery which could cure the condition quickly, but the procedure comes with considerable risk of injury and death.  The other option is a proven treatment course of medications, but his course takes more than two years, and the medications can have significant side effects.  The prima facie duties the doctor is weighing use:



    D) the duty of beneficence and the duty of non malfeasance
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Ethics
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Deontological Theories
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