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

Does Warren's view justify infanticide? How might Warren respond to the objection that since newborn infants are not persons, it would, on her view, be morally permissible to kill them?

A will counts as good whenever it aims at good things, regardless of its reasons for aiming at those things.

According to Rachels, active euthanasia may sometimes be preferable to passive euthanasia, given that simply withholding treatment may cause the patient's death to be a comparatively slower, more painful one.

Which of the following most accurately illustrates the idea of a "marginal case"?

Which of the following best defines equality retributivism?

According to Liu, what are some possible ways that one can go about changing one's preferences?

Singer argues that we ought to extend the principle of equality to nonhuman animals, which means we should treat them exactly the same way.

In your own words, explain Aristotle's view that each virtue is an intermediate between two extremes.

What is the principal question Metz is addressing in "African Values and Capital Punishment"?

According to Estes, the best way to ensure voluntary participation in sexual interactions is for parties to sign a legal contract specifying their desires and desires and stating their voluntary participation in certain intended activities.

How does Mill think utilitarianism accounts for the idea that people have rights?

Which of the following best captures Dougherty's main argument for the claim that having sex with someone who does not validly consent is seriously wrong?

According to McMahan, which of the following statements is NOT true of torture in practice?

Which of the following best captures Kant's idea of a "kingdom of ends"?

Sinnott-Armstrong argues that it sometimes permissible to perform a particular action even when it would be disastrous if everyone performed that same action.

Aristotle argues that a life spent pursuing wealth is not the best life for humans.

Which of the following best captures Broome's main argument in "Private Morality and Climate Change?"

Which of the following can we infer from Garcia's argument that institutions can only be racist if they are infected by individual racism?

Which of the following can we infer from Singer's argument that in many experiments on nonhuman animals, "the possible benefits to mankind are either nonexistent or fantastically remote; while the certain losses to members of other species are very real"?

Which of the following best characterizes Dougherty's general substantive account of consent to sex?