Ethical Position Questionnaire, EPQ Test - the question form

1. A person should make sure that their actions will not harm another person, even slightly.

2. A person should never be allowed to face danger, no matter how slight the danger may be.

3. Allowing the possibility of harm to other people is always immoral, regardless of any benefits it may bring.

4. No one should ever cause another person psychological or physical harm.

5. A person should refrain from any action that might in any way threaten another person's dignity and well-being.

6. If an action could harm an innocent person, it should not be done.

7. It is immoral to decide whether to do something by weighing its positive and negative consequences.

8. The dignity and well-being of people should be the primary concern of any society.

9. There is never any need to compromise the welfare of others.

10. Moral actions are those that exactly match the ideals of the most perfect action.

11. There are no ethical principles that are so important that they should be part of every code of ethics.

12. What is ethical varies depending on the society and the situation.

13. Moral standards should be viewed as personal: what one person considers moral, another person may consider immoral.

14. Different systems of moral principles cannot be compared in terms of how right they are.

15. Questions about what is ethical for all people can never be answered, because what is moral or immoral depends on the individual.

16. Moral standards are simply personal rules about how a person should behave, and they cannot be used to judge others.

17. Ethical judgments in interpersonal relationships are so complex that people should be allowed to develop their own individual codes of ethics.

18. A rigid ethical position that prohibits certain types of actions interferes with achieving better relationships between people and their ability to adapt to one another.

19. No rule can be stated about lying; whether lying is acceptable or unacceptable depends entirely on the situation.

20. Whether lying is immoral or moral depends on the circumstances surrounding the actions involved.