1. Anti-abortionists and environmentalists share which of the following ethical commitments?

2. Virtually all telecommunications companies charge different monthly subscription rates for different connection speeds to the Internet. Now - however - several telecommunications companies would like to charge different rates for individual acts of access to different kinds of content - applications (i.e. - programs) - and services on the Internet. This is a question of

3. Which of the following pairings of philosopher and ethical theory or notion is accurate?

4. 'If I want to be treated well - then I will have to treat others well.' This statement is an example of which of the following?

5. Natural law is incompatible with which of the following claims? I. A deity II. The denial of a shared basic human nature III. The lack of natural rights

6. A soldier receives an order from his commanding officer to burn down a village in retaliation for an ambush that killed many in the soldier's unit. Even though it's impossible to know whether the village had any role in the attack - the commanding officer wants to make an example of them in order to deter future attacks. If the soldier refuses to follow the illegal order and his commanding officer threatens to - and eventually does - shoot the soldier - which of the following describes what the commanding officer did?

7. Hobbes 'Leviathan' is a metaphor for which of the following?

8. A drug company provides data that shows that a drug it long invested in turns out to have unacceptable side effects. The company also determines that this decision does not affect its long-term revenue. Which of the following ethical tenets has the company honored? I. Trustworthiness II. Right to information III. Accountability

9. According to Rawls - reflective equilibrium is

10. Paul's command not to divorce derives from what authority?

11. 'Taking another person's life is unethical.' This statement is an example of which of the following?

12. 'Excellence in attaining and practicing the virtues' is described by which of the following Greek terms?

13. The medical code of ethics is closest to which of the following philosopher's theories?

14. Mental health professionals - clergy - journalists - physicians - and lawyers all have confidential relationships with various people they work with or for. This shows our society's acknowledgment of the importance of which of the following?

15. Christian ethics tend to emphasize which of the following? I. Mercy II. Grace III. Forgiveness

16. Kant would object to Mill's ethics in which of the following ways? I. It takes the consequences of actions into account in moral judgments. II. It falsely assumes that humans are rational enough to make moral judgments. III. It requires the foundational authority of a deity.

17. Locke - Hobbes - and Rousseau agreed that I. a representative government was best II. distributive justice was the paramount responsibility of government III. the state of nature was benevolent

18. Which of the following is a major difference between Plato's ethics and Aristotle's? I. Only Plato argued for the dominance of reason as a necessary prerequisite for ethical behavior II. Aristotle rejected Plato's 'forms' III. Plato insisted on an absolute moral goal ('The Good') - whereas Aristotle insisted that moral rules or beliefs that hold most of the time are often the best that can be achieved

19. Some worry about the increasing amount of military outsourcing because of which of the following?

20. Which of the following is a major similarity between Plato's ethics and Aristotle's? I. Both argued that ethical behavior depends on maximizing irrationality II. Both described and ranked different aspects of the mind (or 'soul') III. Neither believed that women were equal to men in moral abilities

21. Kant's ethical system is I. deontologicalII. consequentialist III. theological

22. One major ethical difference between the God of the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament is that the Old Testament God

23. The skeptics I. did not accept that one could say anything definite about anything beyond appearances II. did not accept that there was anything morally good or bad by nature III. strove for a mental state free from disturbance

24. Which of the following philosophers were 'Utilitarians'? I. Jeremy Bentham II. John Stuart Mill III. James Mill

25. A scientist who has faked results has interfered with which of the following?