1. The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be always prohibited reflects what type of ethics?
- Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean
- Kant's Categorical Imperative in the 1st Formulation)
- Hobbes' concept of the State of Nature
- Thomas Aquinas' concept of Natural Law
- Bentham's principle of pleasure and pain
2. What is the moral ideal of compassion?
- Acts of unmerited kindness
- Sentiment in response to the suffering of others
- Acknowledging the sufferings of others
- Acts of altruism
- Acts contrary to Objectivism
3. One of the common errors in Ethics is that of the double standard. Double standard consists of what?
- Discriminating in the application of ethical criteria based on our own preferences
- Setting aside ethical criteria in special cases
- Taking steps to avoid condemnation of others
- Using one set of criteria for judging cases concerning ourselves and another for all others
- Suspending judgment when concerned that the consequences would be too severe