In Beauchamp and Childress's Discussion of Moral Ideals, What Does

question 22

Multiple Choice

In Beauchamp and Childress's discussion of moral ideals, what does it mean when a person who holds moral ideals does not consider her actions to be morally optional?

• A) She believes that any person anywhere would be required to act as she has.
• B) She believes that she would be doing something forbidden if she did not act as she had.
• C) She has a personal sense of obligation to act as she does.
• D) She has been given a command to act as she does by a religious leader or religious text.

---

Definitions:

Tend-and-befriend Response

A behavior observed in females as a response to stress, which involves caring for offspring (tending) and seeking social support from others (befriending), believed to be influenced by the hormone oxytocin.

Oxytocin

A hormone and neurotransmitter often associated with social bonding, childbirth, and lactation.

Epinephrine

A hormone and neurotransmitter, also known as adrenaline, involved in regulating heart rate, blood vessel and air passage diameters, and metabolic shifts.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are transformed into their opposite, often in exaggerated form.