A Professor at a University Finds a Way to Reduce

question 51

Multiple Choice

A professor at a university finds a way to reduce the costs of producing automobile glass.The method is very easy for anyone to copy.A company develops a substance which prevents eyeglasses from smudging.It receives a patent on the formula.Which of these are common technological knowledge?

• A)the method to reduce costs of producing automobile glass,and the formula for the substance that prevents smudging
• B)the method to reduce costs of producing automobile glass,but not the formula for the substance that prevents smudging
• C)the formula for the substance that prevents smudging,but not the method to reduce costs of producing automobile glass
• D)neither the method to reduce costs of producing automobile glass nor the formula for the substance that prevents smudging

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Definitions:

Egoism

Egoism is the ethical stance that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality.

Ethical Egoism

The ethical theory that individuals should act in their own self-interest and that this serves the common good.

Reason

The mental capacity of an individual to consciously make sense of things, establish and verify facts, and change or justify practices based on new or existing information.

Morality

Rules that differentiate between what is considered morally correct and incorrect conduct.