Exam 12: Financial Statement Analysis

Given the following position on euthanasia (doctor-assisted suicide), identify which of the three major ethical theories discussed in the text-utilitarianism, duty theory, or virtue ethics-it follows. Note that each theory may encompass several possible viewpoints on an issue. Active euthanasia should be allowed. However, one would have to be very specific about stating the circumstances under which one might allow it. In that case, with circumstances strictly identified, it would be possible to imagine it to be a universal law that everyone under these specific circumstances could be allowed access to euthanasia.

For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim. The dog has been out so long she's probably freezing. You ought to let her in.

In the following, discuss whether Marina is treating relevantly similar cases in sufficiently similar fashions; identify instances in which the cases are not relevantly similar. Marina opposes tyrannical despots in several countries in the world. But even though the government of Almeria is equally tyrannical, she is not inclined to oppose it because she has a friend who works in the Almerian foreign ministry.

In the following, discuss whether Marina is treating relevantly similar cases in sufficiently similar fashions; identify instances in which the cases are not relevantly similar. Marina tells her children to tell the truth, but she claims deductions on her income tax return to which she knows she is not legally entitled.