PT125.S4.Q17

PrepTest 125 - Section 4 - Question 17

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Ethicist: An action is wrong if it violates a rule of the society in which the action is performed and that rule promotes the general welfare of people in the society. ██ ██████ ██ █████ ██ ██ ██ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ████████

Summary

We’re given two conditional statements governing whether an action is right or wrong:

(1) If an action violates a rule of society and that rule helps society, then the action is wrong.

(2) If an action follows a rule of society and that rule helps society, then the action is right.

Find or Complete the Application

We need to find the correct application of these principles. The principles can support conclusions about when an action is right or wrong, but we must have the appropriate triggers.

To conclude that an action is wrong, we need to know that it violates a rule of society, and that the rule is good for society. We don’t know if it’s ever wrong to obey a rule.

To conclude that an action is right, we need to know that it obeys a rule of society, and that the rule is good for society. We don’t know if it’s ever right to violate a rule.

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17.

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a

Amelia's society has █ ████ ███████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██████ ████ █████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ███████ ███ ██ ██████████ █████

b

Jordan lives in █ ███████ ████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████ █████ ██████ ██████████ ██████ ████████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ████████████ ██ ██████

c

Elgin obeys a ███████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████ █████ █████ ████ ████ ██████████ ████ ██ ███████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ██████

d

Dahlia always has █ ███ ██ ██████ ██████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ███ ██████

e

Edward's society requires ████████ ██ ████ ████ ██ █████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ███ ███ ██ ██ ███████ ███ ████ █████████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████

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