Question 1

Who described the "accordion effect"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rawls 
B)  Powers 
C)  Kant 
D)  Feinberg 
A)  Rawls 
B)  Powers 
C)  Kant 
D)  Feinberg D

Question 2

What have received the most attention as the best candidates for non-human moral agency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Computers 
B)  Apes 
C)  Dolphins 
D)  Trees 
A)  Computers 
B)  Apes 
C)  Dolphins 
D)  Trees A

Question 3

What is the accordion effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  The tendency of technology to improve music 
B)  The tendency of technology to supplant artistry 
C)  A feature of descriptive language 
D)  A feature of artifact innovation 
A)  The tendency of technology to improve music 
B)  The tendency of technology to supplant artistry 
C)  A feature of descriptive language 
D)  A feature of artifact innovation C

Question 4

Who holds that we are living on an increasingly anthropogenic planet?

Accepted Answer

A)  Feinberg 
B)  Rawls 
C)  Allenby 
D)  Mill 
A)  Feinberg 
B)  Rawls 
C)  Allenby 
D)  Mill

Question 5

Johnson and Powers believe that computer systems:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are infallible 
B)  Can err 
C)  Can err and misbehave 
D)  Can err but not misbehave 
A)  Are infallible 
B)  Can err 
C)  Can err and misbehave 
D)  Can err but not misbehave

Question 6

Aristotle held that the subject matter of moral appraisal was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Intended voluntary behavior 
B)  Intended behavior only 
C)  Voluntary behavior only 
D)  Neither intended nor voluntary behavior 
A)  Intended voluntary behavior 
B)  Intended behavior only 
C)  Voluntary behavior only 
D)  Neither intended nor voluntary behavior

Question 7

How is the functionality of artifacts often framed?

Accepted Answer

A)  In terms of teleological explanation 
B)  In terms of deontological explanation 
C)  In terms of cosmological explanation 
D)  In terms of ontological explanation 
A)  In terms of teleological explanation 
B)  In terms of deontological explanation 
C)  In terms of cosmological explanation 
D)  In terms of ontological explanation

Question 8

What does Jonas claim has become a prime duty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virtue 
B)  Goodness 
C)  Maximizing happiness 
D)  Knowledge 
A)  Virtue 
B)  Goodness 
C)  Maximizing happiness 
D)  Knowledge

Question 9

Moral action is amenable to both a causal explanation and a:

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral explanation 
B)  Reason explanation 
C)  Casual explanation 
D)  Technological explanation 
A)  Moral explanation 
B)  Reason explanation 
C)  Casual explanation 
D)  Technological explanation

Question 10

Who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Weber 
B)  Rawls 
C)  Marcuse 
D)  Kant 
A)  Weber 
B)  Rawls 
C)  Marcuse 
D)  Kant

Question 11

Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency:

Accepted Answer

A)  Diminishes the responsibility of their users 
B)  Does not diminish the responsibility of their users 
C)  Is philosophically mistaken as it broadens the scope of the moral community too far 
D)  Is philosophically mistaken as it still offers an overly narrow view of moral agency 
A)  Diminishes the responsibility of their users 
B)  Does not diminish the responsibility of their users 
C)  Is philosophically mistaken as it broadens the scope of the moral community too far 
D)  Is philosophically mistaken as it still offers an overly narrow view of moral agency

Question 12

What is "intentionality"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The property of acting intentionally 
B)  The property of about-ness 
C)  The property of being deliberate 
D)  The property of deliberation 
A)  The property of acting intentionally 
B)  The property of about-ness 
C)  The property of being deliberate 
D)  The property of deliberation

Question 13

Johnson and Powers explicitly deny that moral evaluation is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Zero sum 
B)  Cumulative 
C)  Applicable to agents 
D)  Applicable to actions 
A)  Zero sum 
B)  Cumulative 
C)  Applicable to agents 
D)  Applicable to actions

Question 14

Who addressed the "design problem"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kuhn 
B)  Dyson 
C)  Dretske 
D)  Kant 
A)  Kuhn 
B)  Dyson 
C)  Dretske 
D)  Kant

Question 15

What model of intentional behavior has contemporary action theory suggested?

Accepted Answer

A)  A casual model 
B)  A modal model 
C)  A causal model 
D)  A technological model 
A)  A casual model 
B)  A modal model 
C)  A causal model 
D)  A technological model

Question 16

Who declared that man is a "Tool-using animal"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Carlyle 
B)  Charles Darwin 
C)  Horatio Nelson 
D)  Thomas Powers 
A)  Thomas Carlyle 
B)  Charles Darwin 
C)  Horatio Nelson 
D)  Thomas Powers

Question 17

According to Johnson and Powers,which era are we living in?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Jurassic 
B)  The Technocene 
C)  The Anthropocene 
D)  The Anodyne 
A)  The Jurassic 
B)  The Technocene 
C)  The Anthropocene 
D)  The Anodyne

Question 18

What type of human does Jonas write of?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  Homo faber 
C)  Homo erectus 
D)  Homo economicus 
A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  Homo faber 
C)  Homo erectus 
D)  Homo economicus

Question 19

Design functions,like mathematical functions,are not:

Accepted Answer

A)  One-to-many relations 
B)  Accessible relations 
C)  Intentional relations 
D)  Artifacts 
A)  One-to-many relations 
B)  Accessible relations 
C)  Intentional relations 
D)  Artifacts

Question 20

Where do Johnson and Powers locate agency?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the designer and user 
B)  In the user 
C)  In the artifact and the user 
D)  In the designer, user and artifact 
A)  In the designer and user 
B)  In the user 
C)  In the artifact and the user 
D)  In the designer, user and artifact

Who described the "accordion effect"?

What have received the most attention as the best candidates for non-human moral agency?

What is the accordion effect?

Who holds that we are living on an increasingly anthropogenic planet?

Johnson and Powers believe that computer systems:

Aristotle held that the subject matter of moral appraisal was:

How is the functionality of artifacts often framed?

What does Jonas claim has become a prime duty?

Moral action is amenable to both a causal explanation and a:

Who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?

Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency:

What is "intentionality"?

Johnson and Powers explicitly deny that moral evaluation is:

Who addressed the "design problem"?

What model of intentional behavior has contemporary action theory suggested?

Who declared that man is a "Tool-using animal"?

According to Johnson and Powers,which era are we living in?

What type of human does Jonas write of?

Design functions,like mathematical functions,are not:

Where do Johnson and Powers locate agency?

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Society

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Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Nanotechnology

Inernet & Social Media

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Population, environment, Climate Change

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Exam 3: Ethics

Who described the "accordion effect"?

What have received the most attention as the best candidates for non-human moral agency?

What is the accordion effect?

Who holds that we are living on an increasingly anthropogenic planet?

Johnson and Powers believe that computer systems:

Aristotle held that the subject matter of moral appraisal was:

How is the functionality of artifacts often framed?

What does Jonas claim has become a prime duty?

Moral action is amenable to both a causal explanation and a:

Who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?

Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency:

What is "intentionality"?

Johnson and Powers explicitly deny that moral evaluation is:

Who addressed the "design problem"?

What model of intentional behavior has contemporary action theory suggested?

Who declared that man is a "Tool-using animal"?

According to Johnson and Powers,which era are we living in?

What type of human does Jonas write of?

Design functions,like mathematical functions,are not:

Where do Johnson and Powers locate agency?

History

Society

Security Surveillance

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Nanotechnology

Inernet & Social Media

Biotech and Genetic Engineering

Population, environment, Climate Change

Filters