Question 1

According to van den Haag, the main reason that the death penalty is justified is that the severity and finality of the death penalty are appropriately proportionate to the severity and finality of murder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an example of depriving a being of a future like ours?

Accepted Answer

A)  Killing a plant. 
B)  Killing a human fetus. 
C)  Killing a healthy elderly adult. 
D)  Killing a temporarily anesthetized adult.

Question 3

Mill says that someone has a right to something when it is especially important, in terms of the general happiness, for society to defend that person's ability to have or do that thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following, according to Metz, best captures a traditional African consequentialist argument against the death penalty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Capital punishment should be abolished because communities would be no less protected from harm were they to abolish the death penalty. 
B)  Capital punishment should be abolished because capital punishment causes unnecessary harm to the loved ones of the condemned. 
C)  Capital punishment should be abolished because it is impermissibly disrespectful to the condemned and strips the executioners of their dignity. 
D)  Capital punishment should be abolished because it constitutes an impermissible degradation of the condemned individual's ubuntu.

Question 5

Steinbock argues that humans are unique in their capacity for suffering and that cruel treatment of animals is morally permissible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In your own words, state Warren's main conclusion in "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" and summarize her main argument for that conclusion.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In your own words, state Warren's main...

Question 7

What role does the claim that agribusiness is too large to respond to the behavior of one consumer play in Norcross's paper?

Accepted Answer

A)  Norcross uses this claim as a premise in his argument against eating meat. 
B)  Norcross uses this claim as a premise in his argument against the relevance of rationality for moral-patient status. 
C)  Norcross responds to this claim when arguing that Fred's behavior is indistinguishable from the average meat consumer's behavior. 
D)  Norcross uses this claim as a reason to make a moral distinction between Fred's behavior and the average meat consumer's behavior.

Question 8

Abbate argues that the virtue of loyalty does not require soldiers to be loyal to fellow soldiers who violate the laws of war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following would count as an objection to Eaton's argument that antiporn feminism is sensible if it employs a scientifically plausible conception of causation and analyzes the variety of harms that pornography potentially causes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Antiporn feminism should be analyzed as employing a deterministic conception of causation because this would allow critics to show that anitporn feminism is unsupported by the available evidence, which does not establish that pornography alone is sufficient to cause harm. 
B)  Although analyzing pornography's potential harms is important, Eaton's consequentialist argument does not take into consideration right-based arguments as to whether pornography or its condemnation violates rights, such as women's rights or the right to free speech. 
C)  Because there are too many complex and nuanced factors when it comes to analyzing pornography's potential harms, antiporn feminism cannot be determined as sensible or not. 
D)  Antiporn feminism does not take into consideration the fact that gender inequity and sexist attitudes are what cause people to desire pornography in the first place.

Question 10

Which of the following best captures Dershowitz's conclusion in "Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist Be Tortured?"

Accepted Answer

A)  The torture of terror suspects is always morally justified by cost-benefit analysis. 
B)  The torture of terror suspects is generally effective and has the potential to saves lives. 
C)  The torture of terror suspects should be public, accountable, and institutionalized. 
D)  The torture of terror suspects creates a precedent for the violation of civil liberties.

Question 11

According to Steinbock, we should reject Singer's definition of the principle of equality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is the Akan conception of a person? How does that conception influence their view of ethics?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the Akan conception of a...

Question 13

Estes claims that coercing another person into sex, having sex with someone who is too mentally or physically incapacitated to offer sexual favors, and engaging in sexual activities that might lead to pregnancy when one is unable or unwilling to take responsibility for the result all undermine mutual respect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Nathanson argues that neither equality retributivism nor proportional retributivism provides adequate support for the death penalty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Singer argues that racism, sexism, and speciesism violate the principle of equality; in other words, they are all wrong for the same reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Thomson thinks that the law should compel us to be Good Samaritans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Gay-Williams argues that euthanasia can never be in a patient's self-interest. How might one object to this argument? Be sure to state your objection as a complete argument.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Gay-Williams argues that euthanasia can never be...

Question 18

According to Wolf, opponents of physician-assisted suicide argue that the practice is not necessary to provide humane care at the end of life because:

Accepted Answer

A)  It violates doctors' sworn duty to do no harm to their patients. 
B)  Many end-of-life patients lack the decisional capacity to consent to suicide. 
C)  Physicians can always sedate to unconsciousness, rather than death, if necessary. 
D)  A patient may always take his or her own life without a physician's assistance.

Question 19

According to Thomas, an important part of teaching is intellectual affirmation, which requires a deep trust between student and teacher.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Dougherty, deceiving another person into sex is seriously wrong if the deception is about a feature that is a deal breaker to which the other person's will is opposed and not just an undesirable feature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

According to van den Haag, the main reason that the death penalty is justified is that the severity and finality of the death penalty are appropriately proportionate to the severity and finality of murder.

Which of the following is NOT an example of depriving a being of a future like ours?

Mill says that someone has a right to something when it is especially important, in terms of the general happiness, for society to defend that person's ability to have or do that thing.

Which of the following, according to Metz, best captures a traditional African consequentialist argument against the death penalty?

Steinbock argues that humans are unique in their capacity for suffering and that cruel treatment of animals is morally permissible.

In your own words, state Warren's main conclusion in "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" and summarize her main argument for that conclusion.

What role does the claim that agribusiness is too large to respond to the behavior of one consumer play in Norcross's paper?

Abbate argues that the virtue of loyalty does not require soldiers to be loyal to fellow soldiers who violate the laws of war.

Which of the following would count as an objection to Eaton's argument that antiporn feminism is sensible if it employs a scientifically plausible conception of causation and analyzes the variety of harms that pornography potentially causes?

Which of the following best captures Dershowitz's conclusion in "Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist Be Tortured?"

According to Steinbock, we should reject Singer's definition of the principle of equality.

What is the Akan conception of a person? How does that conception influence their view of ethics?

Nathanson argues that neither equality retributivism nor proportional retributivism provides adequate support for the death penalty.

Singer argues that racism, sexism, and speciesism violate the principle of equality; in other words, they are all wrong for the same reason.

Thomson thinks that the law should compel us to be Good Samaritans.

Gay-Williams argues that euthanasia can never be in a patient's self-interest. How might one object to this argument? Be sure to state your objection as a complete argument.

According to Wolf, opponents of physician-assisted suicide argue that the practice is not necessary to provide humane care at the end of life because:

According to Thomas, an important part of teaching is intellectual affirmation, which requires a deep trust between student and teacher.

According to Dougherty, deceiving another person into sex is seriously wrong if the deception is about a feature that is a deal breaker to which the other person's will is opposed and not just an undesirable feature.