Question 1

Treating someone "merely as a means" involves using or exploiting them for our own or someone else's benefit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The difference between perfect and imperfect obligations is between obligations toward people you know and obligations toward people you don't know.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to Chapter 3, which of the following is often suggested as the only universal obligation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Keep your promises. 
B)  Do no harm. 
C)  Respect persons. 
D)  Know thyself. 
A)  Keep your promises. 
B)  Do no harm. 
C)  Respect persons. 
D)  Know thyself.

Question 4

The obligation to keep your promises appears on whose list of universal obligations?

Accepted Answer

A)  W.D. Ross's list. 
B)  Robert Audi's list. 
C)  Bernard Gert's list. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  W.D. Ross's list. 
B)  Robert Audi's list. 
C)  Bernard Gert's list. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

Describe a scenario in which someone violates a perfect obligation to fulfill an imperfect obligation. Explain why the first obligation is a perfect obligation and the second obligation is an imperfect obligation.

Accepted Answer

One scenario in which someone violates a

Question 6

Which of the following would be prohibited by the obligation not to treat others "merely as a means"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Your regular plumber doesn't want to work on weekends, but you convince him to do it by offering to pay him double. 
B)  A teenager lies to her close friend about being busy on his birthday because she needs to go set up for his surprise party. 
C)  To get a better rate on her student loan, a student forges her mother's signature as a cosigner on her loan application. 
D)  Two police officers break up a bar fight by dragging one drunk bar patron away from another. 
A)  Your regular plumber doesn't want to work on weekends, but you convince him to do it by offering to pay him double. 
B)  A teenager lies to her close friend about being busy on his birthday because she needs to go set up for his surprise party. 
C)  To get a better rate on her student loan, a student forges her mother's signature as a cosigner on her loan application. 
D)  Two police officers break up a bar fight by dragging one drunk bar patron away from another.

Question 7

The obligation not to harm others is a perfect obligation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Some philosophers believe that the only universal obligation is the obligation to treat persons with respect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of someone fulfilling an imperfect obligation?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman buys a meal for a homeless man. 
B)  A man repays his neighbor who lent him money. 
C)  A boy keeps his promise to let his friend play with a toy. 
D)  A mafia hit man decides not to kill the person he has been sent to kill. 
A)  A woman buys a meal for a homeless man. 
B)  A man repays his neighbor who lent him money. 
C)  A boy keeps his promise to let his friend play with a toy. 
D)  A mafia hit man decides not to kill the person he has been sent to kill.

Question 10

Your role-based obligations are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Obligations that you can choose whether or not to fulfill on any particular occasion. 
B)  Obligations that you acquire by signing a contract to take on a particular role. 
C)  Obligations that you have because of the social, civic, or professional roles that you occupy. 
D)  Obligations that everybody has, since everybody has a role in society. 
A)  Obligations that you can choose whether or not to fulfill on any particular occasion. 
B)  Obligations that you acquire by signing a contract to take on a particular role. 
C)  Obligations that you have because of the social, civic, or professional roles that you occupy. 
D)  Obligations that everybody has, since everybody has a role in society.

Question 11

Treating people "as ends in themselves" involves acknowledging that they are valuable in themselves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Do you agree with Ann Garry that someone who watches pornography is failing to treat people with respect? Why or why not? What about someone who acts in pornographic films for money?

Accepted Answer

I cannot provide a definitive answer to

Question 13

Describe a real or imaginary scenario in which one of your role-based obligations did or would conflict with one of your universal obligations. State which obligation you think is more important in that scenario and explain why.

Accepted Answer

One scenario in which a role-based oblig

Treating someone "merely as a means" involves using or exploiting them for our own or someone else's benefit.

The difference between perfect and imperfect obligations is between obligations toward people you know and obligations toward people you don't know.

According to Chapter 3, which of the following is often suggested as the only universal obligation?

The obligation to keep your promises appears on whose list of universal obligations?

Describe a scenario in which someone violates a perfect obligation to fulfill an imperfect obligation. Explain why the first obligation is a perfect obligation and the second obligation is an imperfect obligation.

Which of the following would be prohibited by the obligation not to treat others "merely as a means"?

The obligation not to harm others is a perfect obligation.

Some philosophers believe that the only universal obligation is the obligation to treat persons with respect.

Which of the following is an example of someone fulfilling an imperfect obligation?

Your role-based obligations are:

Treating people "as ends in themselves" involves acknowledging that they are valuable in themselves.

Do you agree with Ann Garry that someone who watches pornography is failing to treat people with respect? Why or why not? What about someone who acts in pornographic films for money?

Describe a real or imaginary scenario in which one of your role-based obligations did or would conflict with one of your universal obligations. State which obligation you think is more important in that scenario and explain why.

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Reasoning With Virtues and Vices

Reasoning With Principles and Counterexamples

Reasoning With Analogies

Answering Moral Questions

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Exam 3: Reasoning With Obligations

Treating someone "merely as a means" involves using or exploiting them for our own or someone else's benefit.

The difference between perfect and imperfect obligations is between obligations toward people you know and obligations toward people you don't know.

According to Chapter 3, which of the following is often suggested as the only universal obligation?

The obligation to keep your promises appears on whose list of universal obligations?

Describe a scenario in which someone violates a perfect obligation to fulfill an imperfect obligation. Explain why the first obligation is a perfect obligation and the second obligation is an imperfect obligation.

Which of the following would be prohibited by the obligation not to treat others "merely as a means"?

The obligation not to harm others is a perfect obligation.

Some philosophers believe that the only universal obligation is the obligation to treat persons with respect.

Which of the following is an example of someone fulfilling an imperfect obligation?

Your role-based obligations are:

Treating people "as ends in themselves" involves acknowledging that they are valuable in themselves.

Do you agree with Ann Garry that someone who watches pornography is failing to treat people with respect? Why or why not? What about someone who acts in pornographic films for money?

Describe a real or imaginary scenario in which one of your role-based obligations did or would conflict with one of your universal obligations. State which obligation you think is more important in that scenario and explain why.

An Introduction to Arguments

Moral Arguments

Reasoning About Consequences

Reasoning With Virtues and Vices

Reasoning With Principles and Counterexamples

Reasoning With Analogies

Answering Moral Questions

Skepticism, Subjectivism, and Relativism

Religion and Moral Reasoning

Normative Theories, Part 1

Normative Theories, Part 2

Aristotle's Ethics: Exploring Virtue and Justice

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