PHI 208 (Week
PHI 208 WEEK55Final
FINAL EXAM
Exam)
Question 1
pts
Rachels claims that most actual cases of killing:
are morally required.
are morally less bad than most actual cases of letting die.
are morally the same most actual cases of letting die.
are morally worse than most actual cases of letting die.
The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”
Question 2
pts
What does Noddings have to say about essentialism about gender?
Culture is irrelevant; all of our behaviors are innate
It wrongly assumes that God could not have made us in ways that werecontrary to
our ‘essential nature’
It is problematic because it has been associated with creation and because ithas
always favored males over females
It is the clearly false view that men and women have essences
The answer can be found on p. 214 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics”
Question 3
pts
, What, according to Tom Regan, is the contractarian approach to ethics?
The view that all humans have equal rights independent of particular abilities
The view that what is morally relevant is the pain and suffering that an animal
endures when we mistreat it
The view that all animals have rights because of the agreements that wehave
made (or should make) with them
The view that individuals have rights because of a set of rules that theyagree to
follow, as with agreeing to the terms of a contract
The answer can be found on p. 2 of Tom Regan’s “The Case for AnimalRights”
Question 4
pts
In Hill’s example, what did the wealthy eccentric man do to his yard after hebought a new
house?
1 and 2
remodeled the kitchen
covered the yard with asphalt
cut down an avocado tree
The answer can be found on p. 211 of Thomas Hill’s “Ideals of HumanExcellence
and Preserving Natural Environments”
Question 5
pts
What does Singer say about finding the basis for moral duties in the“intrinsic
dignity” of humanity?
That God ordained humanity to be the top of the “great chain of being”
That mankind is the most important species because it is the most intelligent
, That dolphins have actually been shown to be more intelligent than humansin many
respects
That such fine phrases are a last resort for philosophers who cannot find a
distinction that gives humans worth while denying it to all other species The
answer can be found on p. 8 of Peter Singer’s “All Animals are Equal.”
Question 6
pts
In 2003, how many people died in Canada, according to the video “Dying for
Care: Quality Palliative and End of Life Care in Canada”?
350,000
2.2 million
750,000
226,000
The answer can be found in the video “Dying for Care: Quality Palliative andEnd of
Life Care in Canada”
Question 7
pts
The Ring of Gyges gave the shepherd who found it
Intelligence
Invincibility
Invisibility
Wisdom
The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.
Question 8
pts
PHI 208 WEEK55Final
FINAL EXAM
Exam)
Question 1
pts
Rachels claims that most actual cases of killing:
are morally required.
are morally less bad than most actual cases of letting die.
are morally the same most actual cases of letting die.
are morally worse than most actual cases of letting die.
The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”
Question 2
pts
What does Noddings have to say about essentialism about gender?
Culture is irrelevant; all of our behaviors are innate
It wrongly assumes that God could not have made us in ways that werecontrary to
our ‘essential nature’
It is problematic because it has been associated with creation and because ithas
always favored males over females
It is the clearly false view that men and women have essences
The answer can be found on p. 214 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics”
Question 3
pts
, What, according to Tom Regan, is the contractarian approach to ethics?
The view that all humans have equal rights independent of particular abilities
The view that what is morally relevant is the pain and suffering that an animal
endures when we mistreat it
The view that all animals have rights because of the agreements that wehave
made (or should make) with them
The view that individuals have rights because of a set of rules that theyagree to
follow, as with agreeing to the terms of a contract
The answer can be found on p. 2 of Tom Regan’s “The Case for AnimalRights”
Question 4
pts
In Hill’s example, what did the wealthy eccentric man do to his yard after hebought a new
house?
1 and 2
remodeled the kitchen
covered the yard with asphalt
cut down an avocado tree
The answer can be found on p. 211 of Thomas Hill’s “Ideals of HumanExcellence
and Preserving Natural Environments”
Question 5
pts
What does Singer say about finding the basis for moral duties in the“intrinsic
dignity” of humanity?
That God ordained humanity to be the top of the “great chain of being”
That mankind is the most important species because it is the most intelligent
, That dolphins have actually been shown to be more intelligent than humansin many
respects
That such fine phrases are a last resort for philosophers who cannot find a
distinction that gives humans worth while denying it to all other species The
answer can be found on p. 8 of Peter Singer’s “All Animals are Equal.”
Question 6
pts
In 2003, how many people died in Canada, according to the video “Dying for
Care: Quality Palliative and End of Life Care in Canada”?
350,000
2.2 million
750,000
226,000
The answer can be found in the video “Dying for Care: Quality Palliative andEnd of
Life Care in Canada”
Question 7
pts
The Ring of Gyges gave the shepherd who found it
Intelligence
Invincibility
Invisibility
Wisdom
The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.
Question 8
pts
