PT106.S3.Q23

PrepTest 106 - Section 3 - Question 23

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Summary

The ethicist presents a conditional statement that tells us when it’s okay to lie:

If the truth would cause other people significant physical or emotional harm, then it’s okay to lie.

Find or Complete the Application

We need to find the right application of the ethicist’s principle. We’ll do this by choosing the answer choice that highlights a situation in which it’s okay to lie. This means we’ll be looking for a situation where the truth would cause other people significant physical or emotional harm.

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23.

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a

When Juan asked ████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██████████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████ ████████ ████ ███ ███ ████ ███ ████ █████ ███ ███ ████ ███ █████ ██████ ██ ███████████ ███ ██ █████████████ ████████ ███████████

b

A daughter asked ███ ██████ █████ █████████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ █████████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ ████████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ███████████

c

A husband told ███ ████ ██ ████ █████ ██ ██ ██ █ █████ █████ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ██████ █████ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ██████████ █ ████ ███ ████ ████ █████ ██ ██ ████ █████ ██ ██ ███ ██ ██████ ███ █████ ██ █████████████

d

A young boy █████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ███ █████ ██████ ████ ████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ███ █████

e

A friend invited █████ ██ █ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ █████████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████████████ ██ ███████ ███ ██████ ███ ██ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██ █████

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