Exam 14: Making Ethical Choices

According to the text, which of the following is not true about information obtained through torture?

If one undertakes an action that is a good but that also results in a negative end, as long as the negative end was not the intent of the actor, then the good action and good end can be considered a good. This is called the _______________________.

The term means-end thinking is used to describe a utilitarian principle that justifies a bad action if it produces a ________.

You are a colonel in the U.S. Army, responsible for running an Afghanistan prison that houses captured Taliban and al-Qaeda soldiers. Under the doctrine of "command responsibility,"

In the case of ________________________, the Supreme Court held that U.S. citizens could not be held indefinitely without charges even if they were labeled enemy combatants.

The principle of double effect would justify a bombing that resulted in the death of civilians if the target was a legitimate military target.

In 2003, President Bush determined that it was vital to the national security of the United States to invade Iraq and force the removal of Saddam Hussein's government. In addition to the brutality Hussein inflicted on his people, including the use of chemical weapons, the Bush Administration believed Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Colin Powell appeared before the United Nations to show aerial photographs that were interpreted as proof that Iraq was pursuing a nuclear weapon. Hussein's refusal to cooperate with international inspectors lent credence to this belief. Further, the President accused Hussein of cooperating with al-Qaeda. Which of the following conditions is not required to justify war, according to Bellamy?

The Supreme Court based its rulings on the rationale that Guantanamo is considered to be a legal territory of the United States and therefore is subject to U.S. law.

According to the text, ultimately ethics is about facing a(n)_______________ and making a decision.

In the case of Boumediene v. Bush , the Supreme Court ruled that the military commissions established by Congress were not sufficient to ensure due process.

Edward Snowden worked for the CIA.

Each of the criminal justice subsystems examined in this book has in common the presence of authority, power, ________________, and force.

The FISA court was in response to government operations that spied on citizens in the 1970s.

The major problem with the utilitarian approach to law enforcement is that

Renditions are kidnapping.

You are visiting the United States as part of an exchange program with Scotland Yard. It is your first time in this country, and although you are familiar with the American style of policing through countless TV shows and movies, you have a sense that the actual job is different. The Police Commissioner of Minneapolis wants to know more about the system in the United Kingdom, which he thinks would be ridiculous and unworkable in the United States. Defend your system and its emphasis and discuss how it might be applied in the United States.

You are a colonel in the U.S. Army, responsible for running an Afghanistan prison that houses captured Taliban and al-Qaeda soldiers. A newly captured soldier is found to be in possession of documents that indicate an imminent operation targeting American soldiers. Traditional interrogation of the soldier has not yielded any results, and you are concerned that lives will be lost if the captive soldier cannot be made to reveal what he knows about the imminent attack. Believing that time is running out, you consider authorizing the use of brutality in order to hopefully extract the information before lives are lost. Your dilemma is known as:

The CIA agent who was fired after exposing the existence of secret prisons was Mary McCarthy.

Where do most terrorist attacks occur in the world?

According to the text, relativism is the most pervasive ethical system used in the war on terror.