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Test Bank For POLICE 2nd Edition By John S. Dempsey
Chapter 7-Ethical Formalism
Police Ethics: A Matter of Character, 2nd Edition
TRUE/FALSE
- The founder of the school of ethical formalism was John Stuart Mill.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- Situational theories of ethics are absolutist.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- The idea that a person’s duty is absolute has its roots in ancient history.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 118
- Discussions about deontological theories are about duty.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 118
- All of the world’s great organized religions suggest that, rather than being made by humans, ethics are God–given.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 118
- The ethical rules that religion brings to us are absolute pronouncements from an ultimate authority and are not alterable.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 118
- Kant tells us that doing our duty has no moral value by definition.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 121
- One of the strengths of ethical formalism is that it allows for police discretion.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 124
- A Khadi is a lawgiver.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 125
- According to Kant, any act, by itself, is right or wrong.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 126
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Ethical formalism
| a. | expects individuals to follow absolute rules about what is good |
| b. | seeks to maximize the societal good |
| c. | was developed by John Stuart Mill |
| d. | is the same as utilitarianism |
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- Ethical formalism
| a. | supports a situational analysis |
| b. | allows choices to vary based on the consequences of one’s actions |
| c. | is absolutist |
| d. | give great latitude in deciding what choice to make |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- Ethical theories include
| a. | ethical formalism | c. | a and b |
| b. | utilitarianism | d. | none of the above |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- Ethical formalism is a/an _________ theory.
| a. | conditional | c. | teleological |
| b. | deontological | d. | equivocal |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- The founder of the ethical formalism school was
| a. | Khadi Kant | c. | Immanuel Kant |
| b. | John Stuart Kant | d. | Clark Kant |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- Duty is a central theme in any discussion about
| a. | adherence to the law | c. | human responsibility in general |
| b. | behavioral accountability | d. | all of the above |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: pg. 117
- All of the world’s great organized religions suggest that, rather than being made by humans, ethics
| a. | were given to man by Abraham | c. | are God–given |
| b. | were given to man by Isaac | d. | were given to man by Jacob |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 118
- Examples of where human beings find out about ethics include
| a. | the Bible | c. | the Torah |
| b. | the Koran | d. | all of the above |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: pg. 118
- Natural law theorists included all except
| a. | Cicero | c. | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| b. | St. Francis of Assisi | d. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: pg. 119
- Kant was an enthusiastic supporter of
| a. | the American Revolution | c. | the French Revolution |
| b. | the Russian Revolution | d. | rock and roll music |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 120
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