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

Which of the following best captures Liu's main argument for the claim that accepting the moral constraints arising from equal moral recognition respect entails accepting certain moral constraints on appraisal and appreciation respects?

Which of the following best captures van den Haag's main conclusion about the relevance of the distribution of a punishment to the morality of that punishment?

What role does the claim that puppies have a higher moral status than animals we eat play in Norcross's argument?

How might you further defend Woollard's claim that "morality shapes itself around the agent's point of view" against a principle of impartiality of universalizability in which morality shapes itself around no one's point of view in particular?

Why, according to McMahan, shouldn't soldiers be legally punished for their participation in unjust wars?

Why, according to Metz, are African consequentialist arguments against the death penalty unpersuasive?

According to Gay-Williams, the argument that euthanasia is contrary to a human being's nature can only be made by appealing to the notion that life is a sacred gift from God.

During World War II, the U.S. Marine Richard Sorenson saved five of his fellow Marines by throwing himself on an exploding Japanese grenade. Which of the following would Aristotle be most likely to have said about Sorenson's action?

An uninhabited aerial vehicle, as Strawser uses that term, will only use lethal force following a direct instruction from a human operator.

Why does Garcia discuss the cases of southern white aristocrats who were protective of "their Negroes" but supported the antebellum system of racial oppression and Kiplingesque paternalists who thought "primitive" people would benefit from "civilized" European culture?

Which of the following is a key premise in van den Haag's main argument for the conclusion that the distribution of capital punishment is irrelevant to its morality?

A hypothetical imperative is a principle that tells you what to do if you want to accomplish a particular goal.

Why does Thomas discuss nonverbal behavior in his paper?

How might someone object to Liu's claim that racial looksism is morally wrong? Be sure to state your objection as a complete argument.

Which of the following is NOT one of the things we need to know to calculate the amount of pleasure or pain caused by a particular action?

Which of the following best expresses Strawser's central claim, which he calls OP?

Steinbock argues that there are some differences between humans and nonhuman animals that are morally relevant and that justify giving greater consideration to human interests than we do to animals' interests.

Assume that Steinbock is correct that human beings have certain capacities that entitle us to a privileged position in the moral community. Which of the following could you infer from that claim?

Which of the following do we need to know to calculate the value of a particular pleasure or pain, according to Bentham?

Removing an artificial nutrition tube from a patient who is unable to feed him- or herself would not be considered an example of active euthanasia because: