After Watching a Commercial That Requested Viewers to Sponsor a Child

question 31

Multiple Choice

After watching a commercial that requested viewers to sponsor a child in Africa, Joshua asserts that the child poverty problem would be solved if the people in Africa would utilize birth control, rather than expecting other countries to pay for raising their families. Which theory of development does Joshua ascribe to?

• A) stages of development theory
• B) modernization theory
• C) dependency theory
• D) independency theory

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Definitions:

Ethical Decisions

Choices made based on moral principles and values, considering the impact on stakeholders and society.

Compassion

The emotional response to another's pain or suffering, involving an authentic desire to help.

Absolutism

A deontological theory (also called nonconsequentialism) that emphasizes duties or rules; what’s morally right applies to everyone.

Teleological Ethics

Ethics that are value based.