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

Which of the following best captures McMahan's criterion for when someone is morally liable to be killed or otherwise have force used against him or her?

Which of the following best captures Estes's argument that mutual respect compels each sexual partner to attend to each other's desires?

Which of the following is the best example of a kind of case most similar to Thomson's famous violinist case?

Of the following explanations, which most accurately explains what Thomas calls the counterfactual argument from qualifications?

Marquis thinks that contraception is morally wrong because it denies sperm and ova of a future like ours.

Liu argues that not all statistical discriminations are wrong but only those in which the statistical fact about a group is used to deny a member of that group consideration based on his or her relevant individual qualities.

Dougherty argues in favor of the Lenient Thesis that it is only a minor wrong to deceive someone into sex by deceiving him or her about certain run-of-the-mill personal features such as one's occupation.

Categorical imperatives apply to all rational beings at all times, whereas a hypothetical imperative applies only to some rational beings at some times.

McMahan argues that the right to self-defense has important limits.

Why should your offset your greenhouse gas emissions, according to Broome?

In your own words, state Shue's main conclusion regarding the morality of torture and summarize his main argument for that conclusion.

Aristotle believes that each person is naturally virtuous or vicious.

Why, according to Wiredu, do the Akan regard people as intrinsically social beings?

Why does Nell bring up the claim that unavoidable killings and cases of self-defense are justifiable killings?

Thomas thinks that diversity is important because it is important to represent the viewpoints of women and minorities, which are different from the viewpoints of men and whites.

Which of the following is among the central reasons that Sinnott-Armstrong believes individuals are not obligated to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions?

The cliché of "an eye for an eye," according to Nathanson, expresses a central principle taken seriously by most advocates of the death penalty.

How might one object to Nathanson's claim that there is no direct connection between what a person does and his or her degree of moral desert? Be sure to state your objection as an entire argument.

Why, according to Kant, are rational beings ends in themselves?

Does racial looksism count as an instance of racism? Think of Garcia's definition of racism or other definitions of racism that Garcia considers.