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

In "Private Morality and Climate Change," Broome concludes that you are morally obligated to eliminate or offset all of your greenhouse gas emissions.

Singer argues that racism and sexism are morally wrong because all human being are equal in terms of their abilities.

According to Dershowitz, one of the chief problems with a formal, public, and centralized system of torture is that it would likely be more difficult to end than an "under-the-radar" informal system.

Warren argues that genetic humanity is necessary but not sufficient for personhood.

In the television series The Americans, set in the 1980s, Soviet spies sometimes murder American civilians who work for companies that produce weapons for the U.S. military. Which of the following would McMahan's criterion of responsibility entail about these murders?

Norcross argues for the immorality of purchasing and consuming factory-raised meat. Would his reasoning also lead to the conclusion that some other common human uses of animals is morally wrong? Why or why not?

What is Krakoff's basic conclusion in "Parenting the Planet"?

The Akan emphasis on harmonizing interests leads to a tendency to make decisions by consensus.

Eaton argues that inegalitarian pornography is the same as violent pornography.

State McMahan's main conclusion in "Torture in Principle and in Practice" and summarize the main argument for this conclusion in your own words.

In the story about King Xuan and the ox, what do King Xuan's actions prove, according to Mencius?

According to Steinbock, factory-farm-raised meat consumption is justified because human lives are more valuable than animal lives.

How does the Akan's conception of a person as intrinsically social affect their understanding of morality?

How might one object to Dershowitz's claim that under an official "torture warrant" program there would likely be less torture of terrorism suspects than currently occurs? Be sure to state your objection as a complete argument.

Thomson argues that:

What is the basic question that Krakoff is trying to answer in "Parenting the Planet"?

Which of the following is NOT an example of speciesism?

Dougherty claims that it is consistent to think that the nonconsensuality of coercive sex is sufficient for its being seriously wrong while maintaining that its harmful nature is also sufficient for coercive sex to be seriously wrong and that harm makes nonconsensual sex even worse.

What is the requirement of proportionality? Why, according to McMahan, is it so difficult for unjust combatants to satisfy it?

According to Thomas, even unqualified women and minority candidates should be hired as part of affirmative action policy to reverse all the structural inequalities that have been built up across time.