SLM 225 Exam 3 – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions for Exam Preparation
We read Singer's... what is his thesis? - correct answer ✔✔We ought to prevent bad things from
happening unless in doing so we would be sacrificing something of comparable moral
significance
Singer gives 2 versions to his thesis... which is the strong version? - correct answer ✔✔We
ought to prevent bad things from happening unless in doing so we would be sacrificing
something of comparable moral significance
Singer gives two versions to his thesis... which is moderate version? - correct answer ✔✔We out
to prevent bad things from happening unless in doing so we would be sacrificing something
morally significant
Of the two versions of the principle that Singer considers? - correct answer ✔✔He considers the
strong version correct
What does Singer say about proximity regarding preventing bad occurrences? - correct answer
✔✔He says that proximity is irrelevant and that is discriminatory to choose which bad
occurrences we prevent based on proximity
What does Singer say about the fact that there are many other people who can prevent bad
occurrences? - correct answer ✔✔It makes no difference on our individual obligation to prevent
bad occurrences, all that matters is that we prevent bad occurrences when we can
Singer claims that his argument upsets the traditional distinction between - correct answer
✔✔Duty and charity
What is the average cost a Make-a-Wish foundation project - correct answer ✔✔$7,500
We read Singer's... what is his thesis? - correct answer ✔✔We ought to prevent bad things from
happening unless in doing so we would be sacrificing something of comparable moral
significance
Singer gives 2 versions to his thesis... which is the strong version? - correct answer ✔✔We
ought to prevent bad things from happening unless in doing so we would be sacrificing
something of comparable moral significance
Singer gives two versions to his thesis... which is moderate version? - correct answer ✔✔We out
to prevent bad things from happening unless in doing so we would be sacrificing something
morally significant
Of the two versions of the principle that Singer considers? - correct answer ✔✔He considers the
strong version correct
What does Singer say about proximity regarding preventing bad occurrences? - correct answer
✔✔He says that proximity is irrelevant and that is discriminatory to choose which bad
occurrences we prevent based on proximity
What does Singer say about the fact that there are many other people who can prevent bad
occurrences? - correct answer ✔✔It makes no difference on our individual obligation to prevent
bad occurrences, all that matters is that we prevent bad occurrences when we can
Singer claims that his argument upsets the traditional distinction between - correct answer
✔✔Duty and charity
What is the average cost a Make-a-Wish foundation project - correct answer ✔✔$7,500
