Moral Dilemma Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1A neighbor deciding how to support an overwhelmed caregiver focuses on their relationship, the caregiver's particular needs, and the responsibilities created by dependence. Which approach does this most closely reflect?
  • Ethical egoism, because helping always advances self-interest.
  • Care ethics, which emphasizes relationships, context, and responsiveness to need.
  • Act consequentialism concerned only with calculating total benefits.
  • Strict legalism, because personal relationships determine written law.
• 2A rescue coordinator sends limited supplies where they are expected to save the greatest number of lives. Which reasoning is most evident?
  • Deontological reasoning that treats allocation rules as absolute.
  • Consequentialist reasoning focused on overall outcomes.
  • Virtue reasoning concerned only with the coordinator's motives.
  • Relativist reasoning that rejects comparison between outcomes.
• 4A deontological approach primarily evaluates an action by asking whether it:
  • Produces more benefits than harms in this particular case.
  • Expresses the decision-maker's strongest personal commitments.
  • Conforms to relevant duties, principles, or rights.
  • Matches what most people in the community prefer.