Question

norma gives her elderly mother a ride to the grocery store once a week when she does her own grocery shopping. on a form at work, she lists this as a community service and hides the fact that it’s her own mother she’s helping because she knows her boss values volunteerism and actively encourages all employees to contribute to the community. when her boss praises her for her commitment to community service, norma feels pleased and optimistic that she will soon get a raise. according to virtue - based ethics, why is norma’s action unethical? lying is always wrong. she is acting out of a sense of compassion and goodwill. she is not cultivating any virtues by helping her mother. she is prioritizing monetary gain over honesty.

Explanation:

Virtue-based ethics focuses on developing good character traits (virtues) like honesty, and evaluating actions based on whether they align with these virtues. Norma lied about her action to gain favor for a raise, putting monetary gain ahead of the virtue of honesty, which makes her action unethical under this framework. The other options are incorrect: "Lying is always wrong" is a deontological view, not virtue-based; acting out of compassion would be ethical; helping her mother could cultivate virtues like filial piety, so that claim is false.

Answer:

She is prioritizing monetary gain over honesty.