Ethical formalists maintain that __________.
A) harm to an individual is acceptable as long as it serves the greater good
B) values are situational and change based on circumstance
C) individuals have rights that should not be infringed even at the expense of society
D) the good of the many always supersedes the good of the few
E) the focus should be more on the consequence than on the act of an individual

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For a formalist (one who expresses the ethics of formalism), the ethical focus is on the worth of an individual. Individuals have rights, and these rights should not be infringed, even at the expense of society as a whole, because they have an intrinsic moral value to them.

Ethical Formalists Maintain That __________