Exam 13: Aristotle's Ethics: Exploring Virtue and Justice

Mencius uses the story of Ox Mountain to show that although everyone has the capacity to be good, human nature is not good in itself because it can be easily corrupted.

How might one object to van den Haag's argument that the unequal distribution of a punishment cannot render the punishment unjust? Be sure to state your objection as a complete argument.

What is the function of a human being, according to Aristotle?

Marquis argues that because a fetus has desires and sensory experience, it is often morally wrong to kill it.

Kant examines different formulations of the categorical imperative to determine which one is correct.

Which of the following best captures Thomson's argument that abortion is sometimes morally permissible?

Garcia argues that racism is not real because the hatred directed against other people based on their race is premised on false beliefs.

Collins argues that caring actions can be more or less morally valuable based on the actions' effects and the intentions behind it.

Shue argues that an inherent difficulty with interrogational torture is that victims have no way of convincingly demonstrating they cannot comply with the torturer's demands even when compliance is impossible.

According to Shue, the prohibition of torture is rooted in the more general moral principle that it is wrong to assault the defenseless.

Why does Aristotle think that political science is the "highest ruling science"?

Which of the following best expresses Strawser's basic conclusion in "Moral Predators: The Duty to Employ Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles"?

How does Warren respond to those who claim that the fetus's potential for personhood would make abortion morally wrong?

In your own words, explain the "technological frames of thought" that Krakoff says have dominated Western thinking about our relationship to the natural world. What does Krakoff say is wrong with that way of thinking?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four key claims of care ethics?

The main conclusion of "Speciesism and the Idea of Equality" is:

Estes's main conclusion in this paper is:

van den Haag argues that the cost of executing criminals is largely irrelevant to the morality of capital punishment.

According to Collins, relationships are morally important when their participants value them and the relationships are objectively good for the participants.

What does it mean for someone to have a right, according to Mill?