Question 1. Question :
Ethics of the deontological school would drive the commanding officer (CO) to make what decision?
To seek the best welfare for his sailor
To take risks of courage
To calculate the best possible outcome
To ask what virtues he seeks to honor
To do his duty under rules and procedures
Question 2. Question :
For the CO to think about what is best for all indicates what kind of decision making?
Ethical egoism
Utilitarian ethics
Care-based ethics
An Aristotelian excess of the virtue
The duty of the situation
Question 3. Question :
If the CO's conscience was bothering him while making a decision, reading up on what ethicist would have made him aware of his thinking and deciding?
Ayn Rand
St. Anselm
St. Thomas Aquinas
John Locke
John Stuart Mill
Question 4. Question :
What virtue is not shown if the CO shows unwillingness to contact the carrier air group commander about the welfare of his sailor because of fear?
Procrastination
Selfishness
The virtue of courage
Wisdom
Moderation
Question 5. Question :
If the CO follows a principle that relates to the first formulation of the categorical imperative, what is the proper term of Kant's that should be used?
Precept
Decision
Criterion
Determination
Maxim
Question 6. Question :
When the CO wants to avoid doing "stupid things," what theory of ethics is he displaying?
Plato's doctrine of civil responsibility
Aristotle's doctrine of the mean
Hobbes' state of nature
Augustine's notion of sin
Locke's idea of social contract
Question 7. Question :
The CO's concern to maximize the best outcomes for ship and crew applies which school of ethics?
Care-based school
Virtue-based school
Ends-based school
Avoidance of extremes position
Rules-based school
Question 8. Question :
If the CO were to put concern for his personal reputation ahead of the needs of the...