Posted: November 10th, 2016

What kind of fallacy is operating here?

WEEK 1 QUIZ QUESTIONS Which of these online behaviors is inappropriate in an atmosphere of adult collegiality? Ethics involves issues of right and wrong, and emotionally charged issues and ideas; thus, the best way to ensure that my comments are taken in the way I mean them is to _____. Posting in the course’s threaded discussions is an essential element in our online, asynchronous classroom. Which of the following is not true about value-adding posts in our course? Which of the following is the most appropriate response for a student to post to another student who has posted this: Choose from the following choices the way in which collegiality is encouraged in our course. WEEK 3 QUIZ 1. A fallacy is _____. 2. A car salesman says this, in order to get you to buy a new car from him: “Buddy! You gotta buy this car. You’ve seen the commercials where Governor Ahnold is driving this car, haven’t you? You want to be like him, right?” This type of faulty logic is an example of _____.  3. When you see a stranger coming toward you on the sidewalk, do you greet the person or not bother them? The previous example is an instance of which of the following choices? 4. I waited a half hour for him to get dressed and ready to go. Men are really more vain than women. What kind of fallacy is operating here? 5. If children cannot be executed for their crimes, why should we execute people with learning disabilities who have the mental capacity of children? What kind of fallacy is operating here? WEEK 6 QUIZ 1. A decision by the commanding officer (CO) to follow rules and procedures in this situation would be what kind of ethics? 2. A decision to get the injured seaman flown to the aircraft carrier for the good of all is an example of what kind of ethics 3. If the CO’s conscience was bothering him while making a decision, reading up on what ethicist would have made him aware of his thinking and deciding? 4. For the CO to be excessively afraid of upsetting the carrier air group commander displays what about his ethics? 5. For the CO to make a decision in accordance with the categorical imperative indicates that he has been reading what ethicist? 6. When the CO wants to avoid doing “stupid things,” what theory of ethics is he displaying? 7. The CO’s concern to maximize the best outcomes for ship and crew applies which school of ethics? 8. If the CO fails to take action for the injured sailor’s welfare because it might damage his professional reputation, what kind of ethics is operating in the situation? 9. For the CO to consider what the crew as a whole would want for handling the situation involves what kind of ethics? 10. A decision to ask the injured seaman what he wants to happen is what kind of ethics?