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Take-Home Quiz – Business Ethics

(Essay question – 60 points; other questions – 8 points each.)

1. What are the main differences between consequentialism and deontology?

2. Define utilitarianism –

3. Explain Kant’s claim that immoral actions set a double standard, and illustrate it with an example.

4. Define virtue –

5. According to Solomon, what does virtue ethics say about modern individualism?

Essay Question: How does the documentary The Trillion Dollar Bet illustrate the difference on the role of rational principles between Kant’s ethics and utilitarianism, on the one side, and virtue ethics, on the other? Briefly describe the debate posed in the documentary and draw parallels between it and the debate in ethics.

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