Which of the Following Statements About the Impact of the SOPA

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the impact of the SOPA and PIPA protests is most accurate?

• A) The protests led to congressional ethics investigations against three members of the House of Representatives and two senators.
• B) The protests led Congress to pass new laws outlawing political action by search engines and social networking sites.
• C) The protests created a grassroots backlash that caused the bills to lose support among many members of Congress.
• D) The protests created a surge in popular support for the bills and led many additional members of Congress to vote in favor of them.
• E) The protests had no noticeable effect on the congressional debate.

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Definitions:

Ethical Dilemmas

These are complex situations that often involve an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives, where to obey one would result in transgressing another.

Moral Law

A set of universal rules and principles guiding ethical conduct, often believed to be innate or divinely instituted.

Means

Methods or ways to achieve an end.

Deontological Theory

An ethical framework that judges the morality of an action based on rules, duties, or inherent properties of the action itself, rather than its consequences.