Ethics

Ethics Study Guide Scenario 3 (for Question 5) Several professors are meeting at the local coffee house to discuss the news of the day. Professor W begins by speaking about the conviction of a serial murderer. The murderer had killed over twenty people, including children. Professor W, who does not normally support the death penalty, feels that under these circumstances, the penalty is justified. Professor X asks what she means by “justified.” Professor Y looks up the statistics to see whether states with death penalty laws have fewer murders to determine the efficacy of the death penalty. Professor Z then asks how we decide that a person who murders multiple people deserves a harsher punishment than a person who murders only one person if we are a society that values all human life equally. 5. These professors are employing in their discussion _______________. a. Teleological ethics b. Deontological ethics c. Virtue ethics d. Non-normative ethics 6. A normative judgement that is states something is good or bad is a(n): a. Moral judgement b. Value judgement c. Prescriptive judgement d. Argumentative judgement 7. A normative judgement that presumes a moral norm or standards is a(n): a. Moral judgement b. Value judgement c. Prescriptive judgement d. Argumentative judgement 8. A normative judgement that attempts to regulate or guide behavior is a(n): a. Moral judgement b. Value judgement c. Prescriptive judgement d. Argumentative judgement 9. A type of ethics that is based on objective judgements and quantifiable data is considered to be: a.

Normative ethics b. Metaethics c. A logical fallacy d. Descriptive ethics

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