Exam 8: Means and Ends: The Importance of Consequences

Bentham suggested that,when contemplating decisions and actions,we can quantify potential pleasures and pains along a number of dimensions.He referred to this process of quantification as:

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Briefly describe at least one of the three critical problems with consequentialism discussed in class and in your text.

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Should describe at least one of the three following problems:
(1)prediction - consequentialism requires that we make an effort to predict the future,even though the impact of our decisions are unlikely to be predictable with any degree of accuracy.
(2)happiness - utilitarianism perhaps oversimplifies morality,reducing "good" to happiness (even pleasure),though many would regard truth,fairness,and other considerations as valuable but different from happiness.
(3)consequences - consequentialism focuses almost exclusively on consequences,often ignoring or downplaying the importance of promises,rights,justice,and other arguably important moral considerations.

Consequentialist ethical frameworks argue that our decisions and actions are morally "right" if they are intended and can be reasonably expected to produce the best consequences.

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Though both emphasize consequences,utilitarian differs from ethical egoism in that:

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In an interview/interrogation scenario,the use of psychological persuasion and manipulation by law enforcement officers to elicit information from a suspect could be classified as deceptive interrogation.

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Question 5

Consequentialism is a normative ethical framework.

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Question 6

An agreement between a criminal defendant and the prosecution whereby the prosecution reduces charges or recommends a reduced sentence in exchange for a guilty plea is referred to as a:

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Question 7

Which of the following concepts best captures the utilitarian notion that each person's welfare is equally important and,thus,that no one person's happiness should be regarded as more important than any other person's?

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Question 8

Which of the following principles approves or disapproves of an action according to its tendency to promote happiness for the greatest number of people?

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Question 9

Briefly discuss the importance of the principle of agent neutrality as it appears in utilitarian ethical theory and its application to decisions we make.

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Question 10

Which of the following is not,according to Carl Klockars,an important consideration in determining whether the good ends of police work justify immoral means in a given scenario?

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Question 11

In an interrogation setting,law enforcement officers can legally make specific promises of leniency (e.g. ,a reduced sentence)to suspects in exchange for their cooperation or confession.

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Question 12

Which of the following propositions is not true of utilitarian moral frameworks?

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Question 13

Utilitarianism argues that our decisions should consider the likely consequences for everyone affected by them.

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Question 14

Briefly discuss the underlying moral dilemma contained in the practice of deceptive interrogation,providing at least one example.

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A utilitarian ethical framework would argue that,as a general principle,law- and policy-makers should create laws and policies that they reasonably expect to bring about the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people.

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Which of the following is a term commonly used to describe corrupt practices by law enforcement officers that are not purely egoistic in nature but,rather,done to achieve the "good" ends of protecting the community?

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Question 17

Social hedonism is a type of hedonism which suggests that pleasure is the ultimate good,and that it is only our own pleasures and pains that should matter - not those of other people affected.

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Question 18

Briefly describe what is meant by the "Dirty Harry" problem and why it is ethical concern.

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Question 19

Although morally questionable,it is legal for law enforcement officers to directly inform a criminal suspect during an interrogation that there is an eyewitness to the crime,even when no such eyewitness exists.

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Bentham suggested that,when contemplating decisions and actions,we can quantify potential pleasures and pains along a number of dimensions.He referred to this process of quantification as:

Briefly describe at least one of the three critical problems with consequentialism discussed in class and in your text.

Consequentialist ethical frameworks argue that our decisions and actions are morally "right" if they are intended and can be reasonably expected to produce the best consequences.

Though both emphasize consequences,utilitarian differs from ethical egoism in that:

In an interview/interrogation scenario,the use of psychological persuasion and manipulation by law enforcement officers to elicit information from a suspect could be classified as deceptive interrogation.

Consequentialism is a normative ethical framework.

An agreement between a criminal defendant and the prosecution whereby the prosecution reduces charges or recommends a reduced sentence in exchange for a guilty plea is referred to as a:

Which of the following concepts best captures the utilitarian notion that each person's welfare is equally important and,thus,that no one person's happiness should be regarded as more important than any other person's?

Which of the following principles approves or disapproves of an action according to its tendency to promote happiness for the greatest number of people?

Briefly discuss the importance of the principle of agent neutrality as it appears in utilitarian ethical theory and its application to decisions we make.

Which of the following is not,according to Carl Klockars,an important consideration in determining whether the good ends of police work justify immoral means in a given scenario?

In an interrogation setting,law enforcement officers can legally make specific promises of leniency (e.g. ,a reduced sentence)to suspects in exchange for their cooperation or confession.

Which of the following propositions is not true of utilitarian moral frameworks?

Utilitarianism argues that our decisions should consider the likely consequences for everyone affected by them.

Briefly discuss the underlying moral dilemma contained in the practice of deceptive interrogation,providing at least one example.

A utilitarian ethical framework would argue that,as a general principle,law- and policy-makers should create laws and policies that they reasonably expect to bring about the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people.

Which of the following is a term commonly used to describe corrupt practices by law enforcement officers that are not purely egoistic in nature but,rather,done to achieve the "good" ends of protecting the community?

Social hedonism is a type of hedonism which suggests that pleasure is the ultimate good,and that it is only our own pleasures and pains that should matter - not those of other people affected.

Briefly describe what is meant by the "Dirty Harry" problem and why it is ethical concern.

Although morally questionable,it is legal for law enforcement officers to directly inform a criminal suspect during an interrogation that there is an eyewitness to the crime,even when no such eyewitness exists.

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