For Those Who Are Trying to Make Moral Decisions

question 2

Multiple Choice

For those who are trying to make moral decisions

• A) it is impossible to make progress on controversial ethical issues unless everyone shares the same moral theory.
• B) endorsing a moral principle doesn't require you to apply it in all similar situations.
• C) moral judgments don't have to be related to some general moral principles.
• D) in a moral discussion, clarifying the facts and spelling out the principles to which people are appealing can help us to reach a solution.

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon in which a patient experiences a perceptible improvement in their health or well-being after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic effect.

Subliminal Messages

Messages that are designed to pass below the normal limits of perception.

Methodological Flaw

A mistake or error in the design or execution of a research study that potentially impacts the validity of the findings.

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon whereby patients experience a perceived or actual improvement in their condition due solely to the belief in the efficacy of the treatment, regardless of its actual therapeutic value.