You Are at a Party and Notice That a Friend

question 29

Multiple Choice

You are at a party and notice that a friend has consumed more alcohol than usual and appears inebriated. At you watch her weave to her car, you wrestle with intervening, and many questions go through your mind. You wonder if she will be angry and resent it later on if you try to stop her but fear that she will not make it home safely if you do not. You wrestle whether or not to grab her keys and call a cab. This is an example of which of the following types of ethics?

• A) Consequentialist ethics
• B) Nonconsequentialist ethics
• C) Virtue ethics
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Freudian Concept

Psychological theories and concepts developed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on the unconscious mind, psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic term coined by Carl Jung, referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Same Sex Parent

Same Sex Parent refers to a parenting arrangement where a child is raised by two parents of the same gender.