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Which ethical question most accurately captures the meaning of Utilitarianism (Bentham/Mill)?
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How can I (we) maximize happiness/pleasure?
How can I act with a good will/fulfill my duty?
What is in my enlightened self-interest?
What kind of person am I?
Which ethical question most accurately captures the meaning of Deontology (Kant)?
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What is in my enlightened self-interest?
What kind of person am I?
How can I (we) maximize happiness/pleasure?
How can I act with a good will/fulfill my duty?
Which ethical question most accurately captures the meaning of Social Contract Theory (Locke)?
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How can I (we) maximize happiness/pleasure?
What kind of person am I?
How can I act with a good will/fulfill my duty?
What is in my enlightened self-interest?
Which ethical question most accurately captures the meaning of Virtue Ethics (Aristotle)?
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How can I (we) maximize happiness/pleasure?
What kind of person am I?
What is in my enlightened self-interest?
How can I act with a good will/fulfill my duty?
Which of the following most accurately characterizes Thrasymachus’ understanding of Justice in Plato’s Republic?
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Justice is simply the advantage of the stronger
Justice is derived from our use of reason
Justice is derived from the dictates of God
Justice is the natural equality of all persons
For Utilitarians, Deontologists, and Social Contract Theorists, which one of the following is the main source of moral knowledge (knowledge which tells us how exactly to act morally)?
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Emotion
A Sense of Justice
Reasoning
Sympathy
Which of the following does Immanuel Kant say is assumed within every genuine moral action?
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A goal
Utility
A maxim
A hope
Which of the following is an ancient Greek concept that refers to “excessive pride and not knowing ourselves and our limits”? It is the opposite of moderation, harmony, and virtue.
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Sophia
Angst
Hubris
Psyche
A central purpose of the Prisoner’s Dilemma is to pose which question?
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Do police make backroom deals?
What is the individual’s rational self-interest?
Why do people steal things?
Do thieves have good intentions?
According to John Locke, the “state of nature” is
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A state of absolute chaos
A state in which the law of reason is the only law
A state without any laws
A state of perfect peace
Which author stated:
“It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully satisfied; and a highly endowed being will always feel that any happiness which he can look for, as the world is constituted, is imperfect. But he can learn to bear its imperfections, if they are at all bearable; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections…”
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Kant
Aristotle
Mill
Locke
Which author stated:
“for anyone to communicate thoughts to another by words intended to convey the contrary of what the speaker really thinks, is an end subversive of the purpose and design for which nature endowed us with a faculty of interchanging thought, and is upon these accounts a renunciation of ones’ personality, after which the liar goes about, not as truly a man, but as the deceptive appearance of one only.”
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Locke
Kant
Mill
Aristotle
The Apalachicola Bay example illustrated the “Tragedy of the Commons” with regard to which shared resource?
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Barbecue
Lobsters
Beaches
Water
According to Ethical Monism, there is one major moral principle or rule which should guide our lives.
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True
False
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John Stuart Mill admired the Byzantine Christian “Pillar Saints” for the spiritual depth of their characters.
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True
False
The right (in the U.S.) to access buildings/services for those with disabilities, protected and funded in part through the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), is considered a “positive” right.
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True
False
The individual rights to life, liberty, and property/pursuit of happiness are generally considered “negative” rights or “rights of non-interference”.
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True
False
Classical Liberalism is a European tradition emphasizing the centrality of individual liberties and continues to influence nearly all American political parties.
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True
False
According to Kant’s deontological ethics, conducting medical research (using experimental drugs) on willing prisoners would be morally defensible as long as their sentences are reduced.
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True
False
According to Utilitarianism, torturing a person is always wrong.
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True
False
For Social Contract Theorists, the state of nature comes to an end when people agree to give up their natural freedom and cooperate on terms beneficial to all.
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True
False
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The Golden Rule (an example of which is found in nearly every major religion) essentially says: “Treat others as you have been treated.”
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True
False
According to Jeremy Bentham and Peter Singer, many species of non-human animals deserve serious moral consideration based on their actual suffering.
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True
False
According to John Locke in Two Treatises of Government (1690), the chief end of humans putting themselves under government is brotherhood.
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True
False
All major ethical theories see individual happiness as the central goal of human life.
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True
False
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According to John Stuart Mill in Utilitarianism, individuals living in civilized societies should see themselves as deeply social beings.
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True
False
The Case of Ashley raised the question of who belongs in the Moral Community and why.
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True
False
According to the tradition of virtue ethics, we are not born with a good character, we must develop it through experience, reflection/education, and choices/intentions/actions.
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True
False
Peter Singer’s position of “effective altruism” suggested that making a lot of money is only morally acceptable if you plan to strategically give away a large portion of your riches to effective causes.
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True
False
“Habit” is basically another word for “virtue.”
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True
False
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Immanuel Kant says that lying is morally okay if you intend to help someone.
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True
False
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Aristotle’s virtue ethics pursues a flourishing human life rather than simply a pleasurable one.
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True
False
Jeremy Bentham’s Hedonistic Calculus says that before we act, we should ask ourselves “will this action make me happy?”
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True
False
Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative is the same thing as the Golden Rule.
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True
False
In the interview with philosopher Paul Woodruff you watched, he argues that the meaning of ‘virtue’ among Chinese and Ancient Greek traditions is fundamentally different and relative to each culture.
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True
False
According to John Locke’s Social Contract Theory, the law of reason tells us that we should consent to just Government.
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True
False
