Self-study
To act responsibly in one's professional capacity, one must act on the basis of information that one has made a reasonable effort to make sure is accurate and complete.
Summary
Domain: acting in one’s professional capacity
If act responsibly → act on basis of info that one has made reasonable effort to make sure is accurate and complete
if NOT act on basis of info that one has made reasonable effort to make sure is accurate and complete → NOT act responsibly
Find or Complete the Application
The correct answer will involve actions in one’s professional capacity and either:
Conclude that someone has NOT acted responsibly, premises establish that person did NOT act on basis of info that they made a reasonable effort to make sure was accurate and complete
OR
Conclude that someone DID act on the basis of info that they made reasonable effort to make sure was complete and accurate, premises establish that person acted responsibly
16.
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a
Peggy acted responsibly ██ ████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ████ ███████ ████ ██████ ███ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ██ ██ ██████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ████ █████
Unreachable conclusion. (A) concludes that someone acted responsibly. But the principle tells us about a NECESSARY condition for acting responsibly. That allows us to prove that someone did NOT act responsibly, but it does not allow us to prove that someone DID act responsibly. (If you think it does, you’re confusing sufficient and necessary conditions.)
b
Mary acted responsibly ██ ██████ █████ ███ ███ █████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ████████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ███████████ ███ ██████████
Unreachable conclusion. (B) concludes that someone acted responsibly. But the principle tells us about a NECESSARY condition for acting responsibly. That allows us to prove that someone did NOT act responsibly, but it does not allow us to prove that someone DID act responsibly. (If you think it does, you’re confusing sufficient and necessary conditions.)
c
Toril did not ███ ███████████ ██ █████████ ███ █████████ █████ ██ █████████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ███████ █ █████ ███████ ███ ███ ███ ████████████ ███ █████ ██████████ ████ ████ ███████████
The premises of (C) strongly suggest that Toril did not act on the basis of info she made a reasonable effort to make sure was accurate and complete. After all, she had not investigated the risks associated with th investment she made, and a reasonable effort would have required at least some investigation. Because Toril did not do what was required for acting responsibly, the principle allows us to conclude that Toril did not act responsibly.
d
Conchita did not ███ ███████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████ ███████ ██████ ████ █ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ █ ███ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████ ██ ████ ████ █ ███████ ██ ███ █████
(D) doesn’t establish that Conchita did not act on the basis of info that she made a reasonable effort to make sure was accurate and complete. We don’t know what Conchita acted on, so we can’t prove that she did not act responsibly.
e
Jennifer did not ███ ███████████ ██ ████████ █████ ██ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ███ ████████ ███ ██████ █████ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ████████
Jennifer’s action is not within the domain of her professional capacity. Her decision concerns where to go on vacation. Because this is outside the realm of professional capacity, the principle does not apply.