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

Which of the following, according to Dershowitz, best captures the strongest argument against the resort to legitimized, public torture in ticking bomb cases?

One kind of justice, according to Aristotle, involves taking exactly as much of a good, such as wealth or honor, as you deserve.

Suppose that Nathanson is correct that judgments of moral desert require us to know about a person's intentions, motivations, and circumstances. Describe a case of killing in which you think that an individual's intentions, motivations, and circumstances have or have not made him or her deserving of the death penalty. Defend your argument for the conclusion that capital punishment would or would not be warranted in the case you've chosen based on these considerations.

According to Nathanson, judgments of moral desert should depend only on the person's actions.

Does Strawser believe that most recent uses of uninhabited aerial vehicles (as of the time he wrote his paper) were morally justified? Why or why not?

What does Aristotle mean when he says that each virtue is intermediate between two extremes?

Nell argues that someone's right not to be killed may be violated even if his or her death is the result of the actions of many, not immediate, not certain, and not intended by others.

In your own words, state the best argument for the harm hypothesis according to Eaton.

Which of the following best captures the basic question that Thomson is trying to answer in "A Defense of Abortion"?

Which of the following best captures the basic question that Woollard is trying to answer in this paper?

Krakoff argues that it is irrational for individuals or communities to take steps to reduce climate change.

According to Strawser, evidence shows that drone operators face special risks of long-term psychological harm.

Assume Liu is right that preferences are not always free from moral evaluation. Which of the following could you infer from that claim?

According to Wolf, nonvoluntary euthanasia is the act of a physician's intentionally ending a patient's life against the patient's will.

Why, according to Garcia, is individual racism more explanatorily powerful and fundamental than institutional racism?

Which of the following best captures Shue's main conclusion in "Torture"?

Which of the following best captures Dougherty's main argument for the claim that the serious wrongness of nonconsensual sex is not explained by the fact that nonconsensual sex harms the victim?

Explain Abbate's distinction between protected and unprotected civilians. Who counts as a protected civilian? Who counts as an unprotected civilian?

According to Eaton, feminists should employ the scientific methods of epidemiology to verify the hypothesis that pornography causes harm.

What does McMahan conclude about the argument that soldiers are justified in fighting in unjust wars because the military is an important social institution that deserves everyone's support?