Which of the Following Best Captures the Idea of an Intermediate

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best captures the idea of an intermediate moral principle, as explained in Chapter 6?

• A) An intermediate moral principle is any moral principle that can be used as a subconclusion in a moral argument, serving as an intermediary between a general principle and a specific conclusion.
• B) An intermediate moral principle is a principle that helps us apply the idea of the "golden mean."
• C) An intermediate moral principle is more specific than statements of universal or role-specific obligations, but not so specific as to be about only a single case.
• D) An intermediate moral principle is a principle that combines the importance of thinking about ethics in terms of obligations, consequences, and virtues.

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Definitions:

Permutation Test

A non-parametric statistical test that assesses the significance of a difference between groups by computing all possible outcomes under rearrangements of labels.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Test Statistic

A calculated value used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Bootstrap Distributions

Bootstrap distributions are theoretical distributions created by resampling with replacement from an observed dataset, used to estimate the sampling distribution.