MMC3203 Module 1 Quiz

According to the text, moral heroes like Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King acted ethically and illegally at the same time.

A good moral philosopher works best when using ad hoc moralizing techniques.

According to Pierce's list of how we fix our beliefs, the use of a code of ethics to make moral decisions would be an example of appealing to

Which type of ethics involves connecting normative theory to moral problems?

The ability to make ethical decisions based on your own careful thinking is known as:

Which of the following Pierce's "ways of knowing" is the most primitive or basic?

Charles Pierce said we "fix our beliefs" in four hierarchical ways: tenacity, authority, intuition, and science.

When a journalist reports a story that includes quotes from sources about the sources' opinions of right and wrong, she is doing what kind of ethics?

The book outlines a quick way to think about morals and ethics as follows: morals occur "above the neck" and ethics as occur "below the neck."

When someone resolves an ethical problem by offering specific, narrow, and dogmatic advice rather than thoughtful analysis of the problem, then that person is relying on: