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PHI 208 Week 2 Quiz: 2SetsSet 1Question 1.When faced with the complaint that utilitarianism is a doctrine worthy of pigs, Millresponds that pleasures differ in:purityqualityspeciesweight.Question 2.What does Peter Singer sayabout the history of liberation movements?They tend to become narrower in scope … zeroing in on the exact class that deserves moralconsideration.They tend to become wider in scope … with people learning to apply moral principles to groupspreviously not considered.They tend to become more discriminatory … giving fewer and fewer rights to the less privileged.They tend to discover that the original concepts in the past were superior and it is a mistake toveer from traditional wisdom.Question 3.Which of the following does not describe how egg-laying hens are treated in factory farms?They are allowed to scratch through dirt and grass looking for seeds and bugs in the fresh openair.They are kept in such tight confinement that they cannot lift their wingsThey are starved into a period of ‘forced molting’They have their beaks painfully seared offQuestion 4.What moral theory does Jeremy Bentham (with whom Singer seems to agree) endorse?Moral relativismAnarchismUtilitarianismSocialContract TheoryQuestion 5.Which of the following statements is the strongest evidence that the person saying it is autilitarian?Ginny: “Violations of rights are very serious, from the moral point of view.”Helen: “I agree. It is always immoral to violate someone's rights.”Ginny: “Well, I wouldn’t say ‘always’. It’s o.k. to violate rights whenever the good you canproduce by doing so outweighs the harm you do by violating the person’s rights.”Kate: “I disagree with both of you. The notion of rights is just a mechanism for the lessermembers of society to maintain control over those capable of greatness.”Question 6.According to Tom Regan, which of the following should compel us to accept the equalrights of animals?Sentiment–our feelings for the welfare of animalsLaw–legal regulations requiring us to respect the rights of animals

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Ashford University
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PHI 208
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Philosophy

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