Question

QUESTION 1

Virtue ethics primarily asks questions about

	a.	how we should be, what character we should have
	b.	what we should intend
	c.	what we should do
	d.	what universal morals are

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QUESTION 2

Allowing a person to die by stopping (or not starting) some treatment is

	a.	active euthanasia
	b.	an involuntary measure
	c.	passive euthanasia
	d.	a voluntary measure

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QUESTION 3

virtues are

	a.	moral truths
	b.	imperatives to follow
	c.	good consequences that flow from an action
	d.	good habits

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QUESTION 4

A person who is in a persistent vegetative state has lost

	a.	all bodily functions
	b.	unconscious functions
	c.	conscious functions
	d.	all brain stem functions

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Answer 1

Q-1.

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d) what universal morals are

• Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach that emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism).

2.

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c) passive euthanasia

Description:

• Passive euthanasia is when death is brought about by an omission - i.e. when someone lets the person die. (Active euthanasia is when death is brought about by an act - for example when a person is killed by being given an overdose of pain-killers.)

3.

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c. good consequences that flow from an action

Description:

• Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person. A morally excellent person has a character made-up of virtues valued as good. He or she is honest, respectful, courageous, forgiving, and kind, for example.

4.

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c) conscious functions

Description:

• A persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness.