Ethical Frameworks
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100

This 8-syllable philosophy instructs us to make moral decisions based on what will create the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

What is utilitarianism?

100

This substance was originally invented to be a pesticide; its later use for something worse is an example of "dual use" 

What is Zyklon B?

100

This shape is often used to describe three important parts of any argument.

What is a triangle?

100

This unit of text is important in giving writing "form."

What is a paragraph?

100

This project is a platform for gathering a human perspective on moral decisions made by machine intelligence.

What is the moral machine project?

200

This philosopher believed in "moral" (or "categorical") imperatives and that certain things, like lying, are always wrong.

Who is Kant?

200

This model helps us consider who or what we owe ethical treatment. 

What is the moral sphere?

200

A politician who points out his years of experience is primarily using this ethical appeal.

What is ethos? 

200

This writer says that no one can write a good first draft. 

Who is Anne Lamott? 

200

Hans Rosling's Ted Talk "How to Be Less Ignorant About the World" argues that overall, the daily life is getting ___________ for most people.


What is better?

300

This philosopher believed in the golden mean, or finding the "just right" place between two extremes of behavior. 

Who is Aristotle?

300
Believed to be the first recorded statement on ethics engineering, it states that "the health and safety of the public shall be the highest law."

What is Cicero's Creed?

300

A commercial that features a whole bunch of puppies is probably using this ethical appeal.

What is pathos?

300

One of the most common errors in student writers is this, in which two complete sentences are connected with a comma 

What is a comma splice?

300

This high school chemistry teacher helped us explore some ethical concepts early in the semester.

Who is Walter White?

400

This form of transportation is used in a famous thought experiment for utilitarianism. 

What is a trolley?

400

Aristotle said we learn virtuous behavior from emulating these people. 

What are moral exemplars?

400

Not the three rhetorical appeals, but these three elements make up the key points/parts of the rhetorical triangle.

What are speaker, audience, and message?

400
Not really wanting to write something, or not caring about what you are writing, can result in a lack of this main characteristic of good writing. 

What is honesty?

(Also will accept: what is voice?)

400

 An early question in this course involved a hypothetical situation about changing a report about what type of building?

What is a shopping mall?

500

This principle says that if we can't apply a moral rule to everyone, it's not ethical. 

What is the universality principle, or what is a categorical imperative?

500

This "illness" contributed to the launch of the Challenger space shuttle despite concerns from engineers working on the launch. 

What is launch fever?

500

This term points to the importance of an argument, why it matters at the time it is delivered. 

What is exigence? 

500

NHV assumes you'll use this basic reading and writing skill over and over in your college career and beyond, which is why it's emphasized in an early major paper (and it starts with s). 

What is summarizing a text?

500

This "theory" is a framework that helps pinpoint what an argument is about: for example, what a word means or what action we should take,

What is stasis theory?