Question 1.1. A decision by the commanding officer (CO) to
follow rules and procedures in this situation would be what kind of ethics?
(Points : 6)
Objectivist
ethics of self-interest
Deontological
A deficiency of
the virtue of courage
Care-based
Self-interest
Question 2.2. Which of the three primary schools of ethics
is operating when the commanding officer (CO) decides for medical evacuation of
the injured sailor in order to aid the most possible? (Points : 6)
Care based
Ends based
Virtue based
Self-interest
Conscience
driven
Question 3.3. If the CO had been influenced by studying
Thomas Aquinas, his decision making would be influenced by what factor? (Points
: 6)
His conscience
His strength of
personality
His desire to succeed through successful
outcomes
His repentance
His leadership
skills
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. For the CO to make a decision in accordance
with the categorical imperative indicates that he has been reading what
ethicist? (Points : 6)
Aristotle
Jeremy Bentham
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
St. Augustine
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. To think, “What can this do for my
reputation when I come up for selection as admiral,” is an example of what
kind of ethics? (Points : 6)
Immanuel Kant’s
categorical imperative.
John Locke’s
social contract.
Ayn Rand’s
objectivism.
Augustine’s
doctrine of sin.
A social
contract with the crew.
Question 9.9. To speculate about “what would the crew
want to happen now” engages the CO in what ethics? (Points : 6)
Utilitarian
ethics
The virtue of
compassion
Kant’s
categorical imperative, second formulation
Concern for his
vulnerability to sin
Deontological
ethics
Question 10.10. If the CO were to take a care-based approach
to this emergency situation, what would he do? (Points : 6)
He would try to
sympathize with the sailor and feel his pain.
He would try to
figure out what he would want if he were the sailor and had suffered the
injury.
He would
contact the injured sailor’s family at home.
He would follow
the published instructions for this kind of emergency
He would get
the carrier air group commander to send the helicopter, even after dark.
