Regardless of what he intended, his worm caused substantial harm to numerous
installations around the country.
What will be an ideal response?
In those early days of the Internet, it appears that the
government might have been using him as an example to discourage other secretive
computer users from trying anything similar. Defend the government's action in
prosecuting and punishing him, using ethical reasoning.
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Powhatans made a strict distinction between medicine and religion
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
"Keith is becoming a little too thin on top, and a little too thick in the middle!" This sentence is an example of a(n) ________.
A. euphemism B. vague statement C. ambiguous statement D. overgeneralization
According to Jane English, which of the following statements is true of the obligations that one has toward his or her parents?
A. One has no obligations at all because he or she did not ask to be born. B. One has an obligation to love his or her parents even if they have not treated him or her well. C. One has unending obligations because he or she has been raised by his or her parents. D. One has obligations according to his or her parents' needs and his or her ability to help, as long as there is friendship.
According to Baier, one distinctive thing about the work of women who write about ethics
is that they tend a. to be utilitarians. b. not to develop moral theories. c. to reject all forms of moral objectivism. d. to rely heavily on literature and the arts as sources, rather than on earlier philosophers. e. to draw more inspiration from the social and life sciences rather than the physical sciences.