Chapter 7 Multiple choice questions

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. Which of the following best defines 'instrumental value'?

The price of a scientific instrument correct incorrect

The value of an entity irrespective of utility correct incorrect

The emotional value of an entity correct incorrect

The value of an entity as a means to some desired end correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a component of 'prudent vigilance', as defined by the Presidential report New Directions: The Ethics of Synthetic Biology and Emerging Technologies?

Concern for public beneficence correct incorrect

Concern for responsible stewardship correct incorrect

Concern for intellectual freedom correct incorrect

Concern for commercial profitability correct incorrect

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. Which one of the following options correctly describes a deontological approach to ethics?

An approach based on the idea of rules and duty correct incorrect

An approach based on the ultimate effect of actions correct incorrect

An approach based on justice of outcome correct incorrect

An approach based on positive discrimination correct incorrect

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. Which one of the following correctly lists the hierarchy of ethical concerns about technologies, starting with the one of lowest concern?

Germ-line gene therapy, human enhancement, non-heritable gene therapy correct incorrect

Human enhancement, germ-line gene therapy, non-heritable gene therapy correct incorrect

Non-heritable gene therapy, human enhancement, germ-line gene therapy correct incorrect

Non-heritable gene therapy, germ-line gene therapy, human enhancement correct incorrect

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. What is the greatest risk of consequentialist ethics?

A large good to many can be used to justify serious harm to a few. correct incorrect

It involves inflexible rules. correct incorrect

It focuses on process, not outcome. correct incorrect

It cannot be applied to questions of animal rights. correct incorrect