PHI 240 Environmental Ethics Exam
Questions and Answers
What was the effect of Brown vs. Board of Education? - Answer- It overturned the
"separate but equal" decision.
Now that affirmative action has been around since the early 1960s college graduation
rates are - Answer- Significantly lower for blacks than for whites
To say that a wilderness has prima facie value means that it must be preserved no
matter what the cost to do so. - Answer- False
Fullenwider's illustration of the world of curbs is designed to.... - Answer- argue for
affirmative action
How many races have anthropologists classified? - Answer- between 6 and 80
Affirmative action plans must be adopted by - Answer- All companies that have more
than 50 employees and receive federal money
The 19th Amendment of the Constitution gave.... - Answer- women the right to vote
Ecocentrism relies on what form of moral reasoning? - Answer- Natural law
Some types of affirmative action do not require preference to be given to members of
minority groups or women - Answer- True
According to anthropocentrism, what has intrinsic value? - Answer- Humans only
Security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his/her race: -
Answer- racial profiling
According to MacKinnon, how many women and children are sent across borders into
prostitution each year? - Answer- 2,000,000
How many people in the world are living in regions with water scarcity? - Answer- 2
billion
Questions and Answers
What was the effect of Brown vs. Board of Education? - Answer- It overturned the
"separate but equal" decision.
Now that affirmative action has been around since the early 1960s college graduation
rates are - Answer- Significantly lower for blacks than for whites
To say that a wilderness has prima facie value means that it must be preserved no
matter what the cost to do so. - Answer- False
Fullenwider's illustration of the world of curbs is designed to.... - Answer- argue for
affirmative action
How many races have anthropologists classified? - Answer- between 6 and 80
Affirmative action plans must be adopted by - Answer- All companies that have more
than 50 employees and receive federal money
The 19th Amendment of the Constitution gave.... - Answer- women the right to vote
Ecocentrism relies on what form of moral reasoning? - Answer- Natural law
Some types of affirmative action do not require preference to be given to members of
minority groups or women - Answer- True
According to anthropocentrism, what has intrinsic value? - Answer- Humans only
Security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his/her race: -
Answer- racial profiling
According to MacKinnon, how many women and children are sent across borders into
prostitution each year? - Answer- 2,000,000
How many people in the world are living in regions with water scarcity? - Answer- 2
billion
