QUESTION 3

1.           According to the Ethics of Care, what is the basic unit of moral value?

o  Tacos (obviously)

o  Kindness

o  Close personal relationships

o  Human wellbeing (happiness)

 

QUESTION 4

1.           Advocates of the Ethics of Care argue that certain virtues, such as care, have been historically ignored in philosophy because ________.

o  Sexism---care has been considered a traditionally "feminine virtue."

o  Because virtues such as "justice" have been prioritized because they are stereotypically associated with masculinity (and phiosophy has been historically dominated by men.)

o  Because "rational" virtues have been prioritized over "emotional" virtues in the history of philosohy

o  All of these answers

 

QUESTION 5

1.           Dan is an engineer at a manufacturing plant who witnesses the continued sexual harassment of some of his co-workers by their immediate supervisor. First, Dan tired going to the supervisor himself to resolve the issue, however the behavior did not stop. As a last resort, Dan decided to go over the head of his immediate supervisor and report the incident to the CEO of the company. Before Dan filed the report, wrote a signed email to his immediate supervisor to inform him of the report. Dan's action is an example of ____________.

 

o  External anonymous whistleblowing

o  Internal open whistleblowing

o  Open anonymous whistleblowing

o  Internal anonymous whistleblowing

o  External open whistleblowing

o  External internal whistleblowing

 

QUESTION 7

1.           How do "power dynamics" between individuals factor into the Ethics of Care?

o  Women have traditionally been less "powerful" than men---this is why mostly male philosophers have been hesitant to accept a "feminist ethics" such as the Ethics of Care.

o  Certain individuals may have a natural ability to be empathetic ("to care") and hence have more power (morally speaking) in a relationship.

o  It does not factor into the Ethics of Care, it factors into Kantianism.

o  Moral responsibility is partially determined by vulnerability in a relationship

 

QUESTION 8

1.           In the Ethics of Care the modal of a caring relationship that is most relavant to ethical theory is _______.

o  The relationship between genuine friends (what Aristotle called the "Good Friendship.")

o  The relationship btween equals

o  The relationship between a teacher and student

o  The relationship between a parent and a child

 

QUESTION 11

1.           Pick the term that belongs with the following definition: "Giving due regard to the interest of the employer, in so far as this is possible within the constraints of the employee’s personal and professional ethics."

o  Uncritical whistle blowing

o  Critical Loyalty

o  Loyalty

o  Critical Integrity

o  Integrity

o  Whistle blowing

o  Uncritical integrity

o  Critical whistle blowing

 

QUESTION 12

1.           The "topic" condition in the definition of whistleblowing requires that the topic under consideration be relevant to safety in engineering.

·        True

·        False

 

QUESTION 14

1.           The fact that the red solo cup has different "scripts" in these two pictures is due to ______?

o  Improper waste management

o  The context sensitivity of technological mediation

o  The user sensitivity of technological accessibility

o  The context dependence of higher order design

 

QUESTION 15

1.           To say that whistleblowing is never morally obligatory, but is morally permissible for engineers (but still above and beyond the call of duty) is to say that....

 

o  Whistle blowing is morally supererogatory

o  Whistle blowing is a prima facie obligatory

o  Whistle blowing is morally impermissible

o  Whistle blowing is amoral

 

QUESTION 17

1.           What does Schmidt argue regarding consequentialist and deontological theories in engineering ethics?

o  That they are a perfect guide to moral decision making in engineering ethics.

o  That they are totally useless with regard to making the kind of complex moral decisions required in engineering.

o  That they are central to engineering ethics.

o  That they could be a useful tool, but should not be the main focus on engineering ethics.

 

QUESTION 19

1.           Which is an example of a moralizing artifact?

o  A speed bump

o  A bathroom key with a large object attached

o  A subway tourniquet

o  All of the above

 

QUESTION 21

1.           Which of the following is the best example of mutistability in the sense we discussed in class?

o  Something that is indeterminate at the quantum level

o  Water because it can be either a liquid, a gas, or a solid

o  My mental health as I'm trying to take this exam

o  A ball point pen and a paper clip in the hands of McGyver (he can use it as a weapon---see picture).

 

QUESTION 22

1.           Which of the following things does the Ethics of Care, have in common with Aristotle's Virtue Ethics?

 

o  The idea that morality is relative and rather than objective.

o  The idea that we should not focus on the goodness or badness of an action, but on the goodness or badness of a particular situation.

o  The idea that morality is a matter of individual conscience.

o  The idea that we should not focus on the moral rightness or wrongness of actions but on a person's character.

 

QUESTION 23

1.            According to Aristotle's theory, you can only *learn* to be virtuous if you are trying to be virtuous for virtues sake.

o  True

o  False 

 

 

QUESTION 24

1.            According to Aristotle, a person cannot be virtuous simply by copying the actions of a good teacher.

o  True

o  False

 

QUESTION 25

1.            According to Aristotle, a virtuous person

o  Always acts moderately

o  Always does what they are told by their teachers

o  Always maximizes utility

o  Always follows the categorical imperative (though Aristotle wouldn’t have called it that)

o  Acts from duty (regardless of the consequences)

o  Is habitually virtuous

o  Always right

o  Extreme

 

QUESTION 26

1.            According to Aristotle, vices are what?

o  Actions that result in more unhappiness than happiness for everyone affected by the action.

o  Extremes

o  A result of a weak will

o  A result of insufficient religious training

 

QUESTION 27

1.            Aristotle's "Doctrine of the Mean" says that we should always act moderately in every situation.

o  True

o  False