MGT211 - Review of Week 3 and 4 (Ethical Frameworks)

What does deontology mean?

• ethics that focuses on right and wrong actions (doing your duties)

• ethics that focuses on a person's character (virtues)

• ethics that focuses on the outcome (consequences) of actions

• ethics that focuses on stakeholders

Which of these theories is a deontology?

• Egoism

• Kant's theory

• Utilitarianism

• Aristotle's theory

Which is NOT a type of right that people may have

• moral rights

• legal rights

• human rights

• chosen rights

For every right we have, there is a corresponding:

• duty

• virtue

• consequence

• payment

Kant's theory is called:

• The Categorical Imperative

• The Catastrophical Indicative

• The Imperial Conjecture

• The Conditional Option

Which of the following things is not part of an application of Kant's theory?

• Universal Acceptability

• Means and Ends

• Justice and Empathy

• Good Will

Aristotle's Virtue theory is about:

• What would an excellent person do?

• Which vice is the worst?

• People are born with virtues and vices and they can't change them

• If you are guilty of a vice you can't fix it with a virtue later

What is the idea behind Ethic of Care?

• Good people care about others

• The well-being of the individual is dependent upon the well-being of the community

• Not caring for others leads to negative consequences for the moral agent

• Caring is more important than action

To apply Ethic of Care we need to consider the following (choose all correct answers)

• Is justice being done?

• What is the final outcome of the action?

• Is anyone suffering?

• Am I acting with virtue?

What is the purpose of using ethical theories? (choose all correct answers)

• to make a correct choice in every ethical dilemma

• to provide guidelines to resolve conflicting individual interests

• to provide guidelines to decide between societal and individual interests

• to always act as an excellent person would