Understanding Dilemmas in Moral Decision Making
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A moral dilemma is a situation where a person has a choice to be made between two options, neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion.

False

Organizational ethics are primarily guided by acts of fairness, compassion, and responsibility.

True

A dilemma is a simple situation where an individual has to make a choice between two alternative actions.

False

A systematic dilemma involves the process of moral analysis and rule violations.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

A moral dilemma always results in a morally right decision.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Personal dilemmas are typically faced by organizations and businesses.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

High culture is associated with lower-class society and popular forms of entertainment.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Subculture refers to the culture of the dominant group in society.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Global culture is characterized by the blending of different ethnic groups.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Culture has no influence on our moral behavior and values.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Multiculturalism is a concept that relates to culturally embedded differences within society.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Popular culture is typically associated with the elite and upper class society.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Immanuel Kant, freewill is the source of all value and the faculty that gives unlimited usefulness to all other faculties.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Saint Augustine believed that humans are completely free, both physically and morally.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Franz Boas is credited with the principle of Ethical Relativism.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

A moral agent is a being who is incapable of acting with reference to right and wrong.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Moral Relativism, moral judgments are absolute and universal.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Impartiality is a principle of justice that involves being biased and prejudiced in decision-making.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Descriptive Moral Relativism is a type of Normative Moral Relativism.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Culture is a innate feature of human beings, and it cannot be learned or transmitted.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cultural Relativism denies the existence of universal moral laws.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Reason is a fundamental requirement for any moral decision, according to the text.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Moral Relativism implies that all moral values are equally valid.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Normative Moral Relativism is also known as cultural relativism.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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