Any Person or Institution That Is Capable of Moral Action

question 24

Multiple Choice

Any person or institution that is capable of moral action such as a government or corporation is a(n) _____.

• A) moral agent
• B) utilitarian
• C) righteous moralist
• D) naive immoralist

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Definitions:

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses, typically divided into classical and operant conditioning.

Stimuli

External or internal events or occurrences that elicit responses from organisms, instrumental in learning and behavior processes.

Environment

The total of all outside factors and forces impacting an organism or a collection of organisms' life, growth, and persistence.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.