1. What branches of axiology are most important to criminology and the criminal justice field?
political philosophy and values
ethics and aesthetics
ethics and political philosophy
aesthetics and values
2. The Greek philosopher ________ reportedly said that "the unexamined life is not worth living."
Plato
Socrates
Julius Caesar
Hippocrates
3. Ethics can be accurately described as all of the following except:
investigation into morality.
simply stated, the study of morality.
critically considering one's beliefs and value systems.
an attempt to make normative statements about what action should be taken in a given situation.
4. We can understand morality as living life:
self-consciously.
as the law states one should.
seeking personal happiness at any cost.
according to previous personal experiences.
5. Lawrence Sherman suggests that:
through socialization, police officers come to understand that loyalty to other officers is central.
police administrators have their own informal value systems.
A and B
none of the above
6. ________ is a position which holds that governments can and should pass laws to prohibit behaviors if those behaviors are considered to be immoral-even if they do not cause harm to self or others.
The harm principle revised
Utilitarianism
Legal moralism
Paternalism
7. The causal forces of external determinism include:
social conditions and cultural conditions.
political conditions and economic conditions.
A and B
none of the above
8. At its core, what does ethics encourage us to do?
think about our choices in the right way
make the right choices
engage in the right actions as a result of these choices
all of the above
9. Biological determinism and psychological determinism are subcategories of what kind of determinism?
internal determinism
external determinism
social determinism
divine determinism
10. ________ holds that it is justifiable and morally permissible for the government to use law and policy to coercively protect people from themselves.
Paternalism
The harm principle
Determinism
Legal moralism