By the Lights of Virtue Ethics, If You Rescue Someone

question 16

Multiple Choice

By the lights of virtue ethics, if you rescue someone from disaster solely out of a sense of duty, then your action is

• A) a morally deficient response.
• B) wrong.
• C) a morally appropriate response.
• D) selfless.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two signals are consistently associated with each other; a reaction initially triggered by the second signal ultimately becomes triggered by just the first signal alone.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a conditioned response is triggered by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus.

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed, characterized by a lack of initiative, effort, or persistence.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement and is not demonstrated until there is an incentive to perform.