You are a prosecutor preparing a case. The facts of the case support a charge of either capital murder or first- degree murder, but you are not sure how you feel about the morality of the death penalty. You have asked for opinions from other prosecutors in your office. Mary comes to your office and argues in favor of charging capital murder. She believes that capital punishment is just a proportional punishment. Mary's point of view reflects which ethical system?
A. Utilitarianism
B. Ethics of care
C. Teleological ethics
D. Ethical formalism
Answer: D
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a. persuasion. b. the revision of attitudes. c. the removal of barriers. d. incentives.
What would best demonstrate that an individual item on a test is biased against women?
a. The item was written by a committee composed of men. b. More than half of all women answer the item incorrectly. c. The item is one of the easiest for men, but one of the harder items for women. d. The women with the best overall scores answer this item correctly more than others do.
The current approach to the psychology of women is more likely than the approach during the 1970s to emphasize that
a. the similarities among women are much greater than the differences between them. b. gender differences in salary can best be explained by women's lack of self-confidence. c. the most important distinction among people is gender; other factors such as social class and ethnic background are relatively unimportant. d. gender is an extremely complex topic.
The assumption that a person's behavior is due to some characteristic of their own identity or personality is a(n) ________ attribution.
A. situational B. fundamental C. external D. internal