AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF MADABA (AUM)

ONLINE
FINAL ASSESSMENT
Course Name: Social Ethics
Semester/Academic Year: Summer 2019-2020 Faculty: Languages & Communication
Instructor: Dr. Christina Z. Hawatmeh Course No.: 900115
Exam Start Date/Time: Wednesday, 02 September 2020 at 9:00 am
Exam End Date/Time: Thursday, 03 September 2020 at 11:00 am

Student Name: AUM ID#: Section:

Question Number Question Full Marks Question Obtained Marks

I. Multiple Choice /5
II. T/F /10
III. Short Answer /15
IV. Reflection /10
Total /40 Obtained Total:
In Writing:

Completed assessments should be upload to the course Moodle.

In this online assessment, the student certifies that the work s/he submits is
entirely original, except where the work of any other author, in any form, is
properly cited/acknowledged at its point of use.

For Students:
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 American University of Madaba (AUM)
Faculty of Languages & Communication
Social Ethics (900115)
Final Exam Summer 2020 Student’s Name: _______________________

1. Fill in all information required.

Be clean, neat and tidy, else your work may not be marked.
2. Students must not communicate with anyone about the exam in any manner
whatsoever during the examination.
3. Students should not exceed 26 hours in submitting their exam to their instructors.
4. As a take-home assessment, students have access to course materials and other
sources of information. It is very important, therefore, that all references are properly
cited and students use their own words in answering questions since Turn-It-In
software will be used to detect plagiarism or cheating.

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 American University of Madaba (AUM)
Faculty of Languages & Communication
Social Ethics (900115)
Final Exam Summer 2020 Student’s Name: _______________________

I. Multiple Choice: Circle the correct answer (1 point each; 5 points total)
1. Deontology is concerned with the following: _________________________.
a. Categorical Imperatives, Reasons, Duty
b. Outcomes, Common Good, Instrumental Value
c. Categorical Imperatives, Good Will, Maxims
d. Utility, Common Good, GHP

2. According to Aristotle, a virtuous life is a _________________________.

a. life full of duties
b. good life
c. life full of pleasures
d. miserable life

3. To treat people as an end − and never as means − is an example of a _________________________.

a. personal relationship
b. cultural norm
c. Categorical Imperative
d. legal right

4. Climate change is the result of _________________________.

a. human activity
b. natural causes
c. globalization
d. media propaganda

5. Ethics help us to _________________________.

a. address inequality
b. prevent or minimize harm to others
c. impose standards on other cultures
d. promote individuality

II. True or False (1 point each; 10 points total)

6. India is now the world’s greatest emitter of greenhouse gases _____
7. Culture refers to physical similarities between people, such as hair, skin color _____
8. The opposite of ethical absolutism is ethical relativism _____
9. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change _____
10. It is possible to reverse the effects of climate change _____
11. Many of strengths of the Deonotological approach are the weaknesses of Consequentalism ____
12. Non-renewable energy includes solar, wind and geothermal energy _____
13. Frontier Ethics recognizes an inherent worth of all beings _____
14. According to Kant, Maxiums are personal principles _____
15. The concept of GHP is the foundation of the idea of human rights _____

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 American University of Madaba (AUM)
Faculty of Languages & Communication
Social Ethics (900115)
Final Exam Summer 2020 Student’s Name: _______________________

III. Short Answers: Follow the directions as given below (15 points total)

16. Why is Environmental Ethics considered a revolutionary departure from traditional moral
philosophies (2 points):

17. Providing evidence for your answer, explain why eating chicken could be more ethical than eating
beef (4 points):

18. Define formal norms and informal norm and give two examples of each (4 points):

19. Define what is a ‘Moral Dilemma’ and give an example of one (2 points):

20. Define ‘Instrumental Value’ and Intrinsic Value’ and explain the differences between them (3
points):

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 American University of Madaba (AUM)
Faculty of Languages & Communication
Social Ethics (900115)
Final Exam Summer 2020 Student’s Name: _______________________

IV. Reflect on your final project (10 points total)

21. Briefly summarize the topic of your final project (2 points):

22. Explain how your final project has the potential to raise awareness about your topic? (3 points)

23. In terms of at least one theory or theorists discussed in this course, explain the moral/ethical
significance of your topic (5 points):

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