When Assessing the Ethics of a Decision, You Should

question 40

Multiple Choice

When assessing the ethics of a decision, you should

• A)rely mainly on the utilitarianism principle.
• B)avoid considering the decision's moral intensity until after the decision has been made.
• C)apply any one-but NEVER more than one-of the four ethics principles to evaluate the decision.
• D)rely mainly on your level of collectivism.
• E)consider its implications against all three principles described in the textbook.

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