​Samantha Waring Has Been Struggling with Her Statistics Class

question 53

Multiple Choice

​Samantha Waring has been struggling with her statistics class.The stats class is the last quantitative course Samantha needs to take before she begins her studies in her sustainability major.Samantha has found a way that a friend,who is a whiz at stats,can take the stats class exams for her.Samantha says the following,"I am not going to need stats in the work I plan to do.And,if I don't pass the stats class,I cannot study sustainability.And,I really want to work in that field so that I can change people and save the planet.I am clearly not doing this for money or my GPA.I've seen other students do worse than this and they are only doing it for a better résumé.Changing the world is more important.Besides,almost everyone in college cheats." Consider Samantha's statement that if she doesn't pass,she cannot work in sustainability,and decide which of the following applies to the thought.

• A)​Samantha is using moral relativism.
• B)​Samantha is applying positive law.
• C)Samantha is applying the Blanchard/Peale test.
• D)Samantha is applying the categorical imperative.

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