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Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

    { 1 } - Whether the professional has the obligation to reply to a question with unambiguous and accurate information depends on the questioner's right to such information.
    { 2 } - Some moralists hold that one may make a false statement to someone who does not have the right to a true answer, since such a statement is not a lie.
    { 3 } - When persons ask questions that they have no right to ask, the context renders any answer given essentially meaningless, so that it is ethically inconsequential whether that answer in a normal context would be true or false.
    { 4 } - All Catholic moralists agree that it is always wrong to "lie" even to protect confidentiality.
    { 5 } - Health care professionals who are questioned about confidential matters may, without lying or even giving a falsehood, reply in any way that protects confidentiality.
    { 6 } - All Catholic moralists agree on the definition of "lying."

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

    { 1 } - Whether the professional has the obligation to reply to a question with unambiguous and accurate information depends on the questioner's right to such information.
    { 2 } - Some moralists hold that one may make a false statement to someone who does not have the right to a true answer, since such a statement is not a lie.
    { 3 } - When persons ask questions that they have no right to ask, the context renders any answer given essentially meaningless, so that it is ethically inconsequential whether that answer in a normal context would be true or false.
    { 4 } - All Catholic moralists agree that it is always wrong to "lie" even to protect confidentiality.
    { 5 } - Health care professionals who are questioned about confidential matters may, without lying or even giving a falsehood, reply in any way that protects confidentiality.
    { 6 } - All Catholic moralists agree on the definition of "lying."

See p. 99.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

    { 1 } - Whether the professional has the obligation to reply to a question with unambiguous and accurate information depends on the questioner's right to such information.
    { 2 } - Some moralists hold that one may make a false statement to someone who does not have the right to a true answer, since such a statement is not a lie.
    { 3 } - When persons ask questions that they have no right to ask, the context renders any answer given essentially meaningless, so that it is ethically inconsequential whether that answer in a normal context would be true or false.
    { 4 } - All Catholic moralists agree that it is always wrong to "lie" even to protect confidentiality.
    { 5 } - Health care professionals who are questioned about confidential matters may, without lying or even giving a falsehood, reply in any way that protects confidentiality.
    { 6 } - All Catholic moralists agree on the definition of "lying."

See p. 99.

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4 is wrong. Please try again.

Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

    { 1 } - Whether the professional has the obligation to reply to a question with unambiguous and accurate information depends on the questioner's right to such information.
    { 2 } - Some moralists hold that one may make a false statement to someone who does not have the right to a true answer, since such a statement is not a lie.
    { 3 } - When persons ask questions that they have no right to ask, the context renders any answer given essentially meaningless, so that it is ethically inconsequential whether that answer in a normal context would be true or false.
    { 4 } - All Catholic moralists agree that it is always wrong to "lie" even to protect confidentiality.
    { 5 } - Health care professionals who are questioned about confidential matters may, without lying or even giving a falsehood, reply in any way that protects confidentiality.
    { 6 } - All Catholic moralists agree on the definition of "lying."

See p. 99.

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5 is wrong. Please try again.

Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

    { 1 } - Whether the professional has the obligation to reply to a question with unambiguous and accurate information depends on the questioner's right to such information.
    { 2 } - Some moralists hold that one may make a false statement to someone who does not have the right to a true answer, since such a statement is not a lie.
    { 3 } - When persons ask questions that they have no right to ask, the context renders any answer given essentially meaningless, so that it is ethically inconsequential whether that answer in a normal context would be true or false.
    { 4 } - All Catholic moralists agree that it is always wrong to "lie" even to protect confidentiality.
    { 5 } - Health care professionals who are questioned about confidential matters may, without lying or even giving a falsehood, reply in any way that protects confidentiality.
    { 6 } - All Catholic moralists agree on the definition of "lying."

See p. 99.

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6 is correct!

Which position do the authors NOT hold about lying?

    { 1 } - Whether the professional has the obligation to reply to a question with unambiguous and accurate information depends on the questioner's right to such information.
    { 2 } - Some moralists hold that one may make a false statement to someone who does not have the right to a true answer, since such a statement is not a lie.
    { 3 } - When persons ask questions that they have no right to ask, the context renders any answer given essentially meaningless, so that it is ethically inconsequential whether that answer in a normal context would be true or false.
    { 4 } - All Catholic moralists agree that it is always wrong to "lie" even to protect confidentiality.
    { 5 } - Health care professionals who are questioned about confidential matters may, without lying or even giving a falsehood, reply in any way that protects confidentiality.
    { 6 } - All Catholic moralists agree on the definition of "lying."

See p. 99.

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