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

Metz argues that because studies on the deterrent value of capital punishment are inconclusive, the death penalty cannot be rejected on consequentialist grounds.

According to Wolf, which of the following would be considered an instance of involuntary euthanasia?

Suppose someone objected to McMahan's criterion of responsibility as follows: The criterion of responsibility entails that even just combatants may not kill enemy combatants who are in no way morally responsible for their participation in the war. But the right to self-defense gives just combatants the right to protect their own lives against enemy attacks, and sometimes killing enemy combatants is the only way to do that. Therefore, the criterion of responsibility fails. Based on what he says in "The Ethics of Killing in War," how do you think McMahan would respond to this objection?

What is jus in bello?

Which of the following is a key premise in McMahan's argument against the legalization of torture?

In your own words, state Eaton's main conclusion in "A Sensible Anti-Porn Feminism" and summarize her main argument for that conclusion.

Which of the following claims does Steinbock argue against in this paper?

Eaton argues that:

What is equality retributivism? How does this differ from proportional retributivism? Why, according to Nathanson, does neither principle provide sufficient support for the moral permissibility of the death penalty?

How, according to Eaton, should the causal relationship between pornography and harm be understood, and how should it not be understood?

Why does Strawser discuss the claim that his argument against independent autonomous weapons is inconsistent with his argument for uninhabited aerial vehicles?

Collins claims that principles can sometimes play a role in the justification of moral claims.

According to Nathanson, a key problem with the "eye for an eye" principle is that it does not provide an adequate criterion for determining levels of punishment.

Gay-Williams's main conclusion is that euthanasia is inherently wrong in every instance.

How does Bentham understand "the interest of the community"?

Which of the following would NOT be wrong for a soldier to do, according to Abbate?

Why does Steinbock discuss Donaghy's argument that human beings are entitled to a privileged position in the moral community?

According to Woollard, proximity is the only morally relevant criterion for distinguishing between cases where one should make substantial sacrifices to save strangers and cases where one need not.

What is the happiest life, according to Aristotle? Why?

According to Gay-Williams, a case of the physician-assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient should not be considered an act of euthanasia, but a suicide.