Question

46.Which of the following statements holds true for the term “domination and progress argument”?

Select one:

a. It refers to a web of balanced interaction of living and nonliving elements, allowing the continuation of each element.

b. It refers to the doctrine that societies in different places or times should be treated equitably.

c. It refers to the proposition that the natural world doesn’t need to be protected because technology will resolve problems caused by its corruption.

d. It refers to the conviction that nature’s majesty is an ethical imperative to protection.

e. It refers to the proposition that the natural world is entirely dedicated to serving immediate human needs and desires.

47.Jesse works in a music store in New York. The owner of the shop takes away all of Jesse’s earnings by threatening that he will report Jesse to the police for fudging the store’s accounts. This act of denying Jesse his rightful, hard earned money is a violation of the _____.

Select one:

a. right to religious expression

b. right to possessions

c. right to life

d. right to free speech

e. right to pursue happiness

48.Which of the following statements holds true for the term, applicant testing?

Select one:

a. It refers to screening job applications by eliminating those whose past crimes suggest risks in performing job duties.

b. It refers to screening job applications whose social media pages suggest irresponsibility or unfitness for a post.

c. It refers to applying exams that are designed to predict an applicant’s success in a post.

d. It refers to screening job applications by eliminating those whose lifestyles pose risks to work performance.

e. It refers to screening job applications by eliminating those not meeting educational requirements.

49.Which of the following statements holds true for the term, social conditioning?

Select one:

a. It refers to a set of cultural cues and pressures provided by the actions and habits of an organization’s member that guide new members toward how they are to act within the organization.

b. It refers to a process where individuals effectively select themselves into a group as opposed to being selected by others.

c. It refers to a set of written rules defining an organizational culture and indicating how individuals ought to act within the organization.

d. It refers to the way members relate to each other on the job.

e. It refers to a conflict between the values the organization publicly promotes as essential to its functioning, and the values guiding an organization’s workers in their day-to-day activities.

50.Which of the following statements is true about hard utilitarianism?

Select one:

a. It focuses on the reduction of happiness and sadness to monetary values within a utilitarian ethics.

b. It states that an act is recommendable if it increases net happiness when everyone is taken into account and when the total benefit is more than any other possible act.

c. It states that a rule for action is recommended if collective obedience to the rule increases net happiness when everyone is taken into account.

d. It refers to the ethical belief that seeks to maximize any and all sensations of happiness and pleasure.

e. It maximizes sensations of happiness and pleasure connected with intellectual life and culture.

Answer 1

46)c). It refers to the proposition that the natural world doesn’t need to be protected because technology will resolve problems caused by its corruption.

47) b) right to possessions

48) c. It refers to applying exams that are designed to predict an applicant’s success in a post.

49) a) It refers to a set of cultural cues and pressures provided by the actions and habits of an organization’s member that guide new members toward how they are to act within the organization

50) b) It states that an act is recommendable if it increases net happiness when everyone is taken into account and when the total benefit is more than any other possible act.