What concept asks us to consider how we would feel if the action happened to us or our loved ones?

• A. Moral imagination
• B. Empathy
• C. Perspective-taking
• D. Reversibility

Answer: (D)

Reversibility asks us to imagine how we would feel if the action were reversed and we or someone we care about were on the receiving end. This helps you check fairness and harm from the other side of the action—would you want this done to you or a loved one? If the imagined reaction is clearly negative, the action is likely inappropriate or unjust.

Empathy and perspective-taking are related—they involve understanding and sharing others’ feelings or viewpoints—but reversibility is the specific test of role-reversal in evaluating fairness and acceptability of an action.