According to Michael Davis's Complicity-Avoiding View, Whistle-Blowing Is Morally Permissible

question 15

Multiple Choice

According to Michael Davis's complicity-avoiding view, whistle-blowing is morally permissible if

• A) a practice or product does or will cause serious harm to individuals or society at large.
• B) what you will reveal derives from your work for an organization; you are a voluntary member of that organization; you believe that the organization, though legitimate, is engaged in serious moral wrongdoing; you believe that your work for that organization will contribute (more or less directly) to the wrong if (but not only if) you do not publicly reveal what you know; and these beliefs are true and justified.
• C) a practice or product does or will cause serious harm to individuals or society at large and the charge of wrongdoing has been brought to the attention of immediate superiors.
• D) the charge of wrongdoing has been brought to the attention of immediate superiors and no appropriate action has been taken to remedy the wrongdoing.

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