A Reporter Has Been Ordered by Police to Leave the Scene

question 63

Multiple Choice

A reporter has been ordered by police to leave the scene of a protest or else she will be arrested.The reporter decides to stay in the area to report on the protest based on the principle that a reporter's duty is to always report a story no matter what the outcome.The reporter tells the police he will stay and report because it is the reporter's duty to do so.This reporter is making use of ______.

• A)Kant's categorical imperative
• B)Aristotle's golden mean
• C)Rawls's veil of ignorance
• D)John Stuart Mill's principle of utility

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Definitions:

Moral Development

The growth of an individual's understanding of the principles of right and wrong and the application of this understanding to behavior.

Autonomous Morality

The stage of development where individuals follow internal moral principles, rather than obeying external rules and authority.

Heteronomous Morality

A stage in moral development where children base their moral judgments on the dictates of authority figures.

Moral Realism

is the philosophical viewpoint that moral truths exist independently of human knowledge or perception, and that these truths are objective.