PHI 208 Final Exam

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PHI208FINAL EXAM1. In KantGroundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, the maxim of an act is: (Pointsthe policy or principle that you would be following if you did it.theexpected overall utility resulting from the action.the moral rule that an act either respects or violates.all of the above.Question 2.2.If Glaukon is correct, then justice (Points : 1)is valuable in its own right.is always more beneficial than injusticehas value only relative to its usefulness to the individualhas value only relative particular culturesQuestion 3.3.Aristotle describes each virtue as: (Pointsa maximuma minimuma relative meanan absolute meanQuestion 4.4.What ispalliative care? (Points )Treatments that relieve suffering for people in life threatening situations that allow themtolive their lives to the fullestTreatments that are only provided in CanadaTreatments that heal people when they face life-threatening illnessesTreatments that involve painful processes that help to kill cancer and other diseasesQuestion 5.5.In Held’s article, a thinker named Annette Baier claims that the history ofWestern ethical thought does not take into account feminine aspects because (Points : 1)The great moral theorists were men who had little intimate interaction with womenThe great moral theorists were often loving husbandsThe great moral theorists hated womenThe great moral theoristsQuestion 6.6.Rachels claims that: (Points : 1)there is no moral difference between active and passive euthanasia, considered inthemselvesthere is always a moral difference between the consequences of active and passiveeuthanasiaboth a and bneither a nor bQuestion 7.7.InAristotle’s view, the virtues are: (Points : 1)acquired through habitacquired through philosophical reflectiona gift from the godssomething we are either born with or notQuestion 8.8.If Midgley is correct, moral scepticism (Points : 1)Leads to inactionLeads to crude opinionsLeads to immoralityRejects all criticism

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Question 9.9.What does Peter Singer say about the history of liberationmovements?(Points : 1)They tend to become narrower in scope … zeroing in on the exact class that deservesmoral considerationThey tend to become wider in scope … with people learning to apply moral principles togroups previously not consideredThey tend to become more discriminatory … giving fewer and fewer rights to the lessprivileged.They tend to discover that the original concepts in the past were superior and it is amistake to veer from traditional wisdomQuestion 10.10.According to Kant, suicide is: (Points :)Moral if and only if one’s life becomes too burdensomeMoral if and only if it relieves other people’s burdensImmoral because it involves treating one’s autonomous will merely as a means to therelief of sufferingImmoral because it condemns one to eternal damnationQuestion 11.11.According to the videos, in which is it legal to commitassisted suicide?(Points : 1)CanadaMexicoGermanySwitzerlandQuestion 12.12.The Ring of Gyges gave the shepherd who found it (PointsIntelligenceInvincibilityInvisibilityWisdomQuestion 13.13.According to Nagel, which of the following may bepermitted byabsolutism, at least in some circumstances? (Points : 1)Intentionally killing an innocent personDoing something that brings about an innocent person's deathDropping a nuclear bomb on an enemy cityTorturing an innocent personQuestion 14.14.According to Glaukon, justice is based on (Points : 1)Mutually advantageous agreements among peopleThe laws of GodNatural goodwill among peopleThe will of the powerfulQuestion 15.15.A false promise, according to Kant, is: (Points : 1)something that I could never will to be universal lawsomething that I could will to be universal law only when it benefits the majoritysomethingthat I could will to be universal law only when it benefits mesomething that I could will to be universal law only when it prevents a greaterQuestion 16.16.In the video, “Drones Are Ethical and Effective,” Kenneth Andersonargues that the use of drones is ethical because (Points : 1)it provides a greater separation between the target and operator

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