Question

Scott has great respect for his long-time manager and mentor, Jaime. When Scott is confronted with a challenging ethical issue, he asks himself how Jaime would have handled the situation. Scott uses ____________________ as an ethical system to guide him in his decision making.

Answer 1

Answer:

relativism.

Explanation:

Ethical Relativism is the theory that theorizes that whether an action is right or wrong morally is decided based on the norms of the society in which it is performed. In ethical relativism, certain actions can be considered right in one society whereas can be abhorred in another.

In the given scenario, Scott is using ethical relativism to make a decision. It is ethical relativism because he trying to think what would be ethically right if his mentor or manager Jaime would have been in that position. He is trying to make a decision by relating to the ethical system of Jaime.

Thus, ethical relativism is the correct answer.