Take the Ethical I.Q. Test!
A quasi-Cosmo-quiz.
Answer thirty-five hypothetical ethical questions, and find out your score!
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Staining a Pretty Blue Dress
- Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case
for War Against Iraq
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the
Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a
Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of
Aggression
- Prevaricating About an Extramarital Erection Exam
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Locally Redefining the Term "Heat-Seeking Missile"
- Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe
Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case
for War
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe
Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States
- Promoting Your Two-Ball General
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Giving the Bald-Headed Butler a Raise
- Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114
- Lighting a Candle...In Your Pants‼
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Getting Your Bayonet Polished
- Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter
- Having One's Kielbasa Caressed
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Playing a Skin-Flute Tune in the Afternoon
- Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political
Purposes
- Having Your Flagpole Varnished
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Sheathing One's Sword
- Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural
Resources
- Taking the Dog Out for a Walk
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Meeting the One-Eyed Milkman in the Morning
- Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies
With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified
Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame
Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Getting Help Pulling the Rusty Pump Handle
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Greasing a Pipe
- Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection
With Iraq and US Contractors
- Dusting Off a Bone
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Evangelizing About Your Noodly Appendage
- Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens
and Foreign Captives
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against
Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official
Policy
- Hooking the Night-Crawler in a Turtleneck
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Letting the Pendulum Swing Free
- Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black
Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice
Torture
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Imprisoning Children
- Having Your Hose Drained
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Giving Away Free Protein Shakes
- Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran,
and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of
Overthrowing the Iranian Government
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Creating Secret Laws
- Wetting Your Wick
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Getting Your Shaft Mined for Ore
- Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in
Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
- Allowing Your Lollipop to be Licked
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Giving Sight to Old, Blind Dick
- Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and
Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of
American Citizens
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements
- Crowning a New King
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Batting With a Third Arm
- Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing
Former Employees Not to Comply
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the
Administration of Justice
- Taking the Lance Out for a Joust
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Letting a Bunny Gnaw Your Carrot
- Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy
Medicare
- Getting Your Taffy Pulled
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Finding a Winner for Hum That Tune
- Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina,
Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically
Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change
- Cleaning One's Rifle
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Buttering a Corncob
- Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence
Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
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Which would be the more pardonable transgression?
- Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11,
2001
- Teaching a Class in Eel Wrestling
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Which would be the more grievous offense?
- Seeing that the Worm is Wriggled
- Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders
Scoring:
- For each question you answered B add one point.
- For each question you answered A subtract thirty-five points.
What's your Ethical I.Q.?
If your score is a positive number, Congratulations! You have a moral compass!
If your score was in the negative, What a Shame! Your parents should be jailed!