INTRO TO ETHICS – SOPHIA – FINAL MILESTONE

INTRO TO ETHICS – SOPHIA – FINAL MILESTONE

My grandmother gives me $5 and tells me to go to the store to buy her
some ice cream. She asks me to promise to get the ice cream, and I
agree.
Which action is supported by utilitarianism but intuitively seems unethical?
ï‚· I see five homeless people on the way to the store and I break the
promise to my grandmother to give each of them one of the dollars.
ï‚· I’m not in the mood for ice cream, so I spend the money on
cupcakes instead because I know my grandmother likes them, too.
ï‚· Even though they have my grandmother’s favorite flavor at the
grocery store, I buy a flavor that she doesn’t like as much.
ï‚· On the way to the store, I run into my friends who are going to see
a movie; I decide to go with them and get the ice cream later.
2
Which of the following ethical theories defines actions as right or wrong
in and of themselves?
ï‚· Virtue-based ethics
ï‚· Consequentialism
ï‚· Conventionalism
ï‚· Deontology