Prior to the 2004 Republican convention in New York, undercover officers infiltrated activist groups that they believed might cause problems during the convention. Officers attended meetings, made friends, signed petitions, and then reported on the groups' activities to supervisors. All of the following ethical systems would reject this plan, except:

A. utilitarianism.
B. ethical formalism.
C. religious ethics.
D. legalistic ethics.


Answer: A

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