Phi 208 week 3 quiz - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz Question 1 1 / 1 pts Which of the following is a Kantian approach to helping a family in need? “I should only help them if it benefits me as well.” “I should do everything I can to help them, even if it means violating a moral duty.” “I should sympathize with them but recognize that the world is better off if we look out for our own interests.” Correct! “I should recognize that I would never want a world where people did not ...

PHI 208 Week 2 Quiz Question 1 What is speciesism according to Peter Singer’s account? Allowing the interests of one’s own species to override the greater interests of members of other species. The practice of treating all animals equally regardless of their abilities. The part of science that studies species membership. The view that different species have different characteristics. Question 2 According to chapter 2 of Understanding Philosophy, utilitarianism is a fo...

PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz

PHI 208 WEEK 3 QUIZ 1. In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because (Points : 1) they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war moral arguments about war should ring true to X all of the above 2. According to Nagel, which of the following may be permitted by absolutism, at least in som...

Question 1 1 / 1 pts Professor Donovan is a Kantian philosopher. Therefore, she argues that the true value of “a good will” lies in the good feelings it produces in the person who has it. Correct! doing the right thing for no other reason than it is right. how much it can contribute to society.... [Show more]

PHI 208 WEEK 5 QUIZ Question 1 1 / 1 pts According to Virginia Held from “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”, which of the following have been aligned with femininity in the history of Western thought? emotion weakness passion Correct! all of the above The answer can be found in the section titled “The History of Ethics” from Virginia Held’s article. Question 2 1 / 1 pts According to Caroline Heldman, what product was pulled from ...

PHI 208 Week 5 Quiz Question 1 According to Caroline Heldman, which of the following is a question that applies to her sexual object test? Does the image show people having sex? Does the image display a full image of a woman? Does the image show a person as something that can be bought or sold? Does the image display violence against people in the image? Question 2 According to Colin Stokes, in which film are all the heroic, wise, and villainous characters female? Th...

PHI 208 Week 5 Quiz Question 1 According to Caroline Heldman, which of the following is a question that applies to her sexual object test? Does the image show people having sex? Does the image display a full image of a woman? Does the image show a person as something that can be bought or sold? Does the image display violence against people in the image? Question 2 According to Colin Stokes, in which film are all the heroic, wise, and villainous characters female? Th...

PHI 208 WEEK 3 QUIZ

PHI 208 Week 2 Quiz Question 1 What is speciesism according to Peter Singer’s account? Allowing the interests of one’s own species to override the greater interests of members of other species. The practice of treating all animals equally regardless of their abilities. The part of science that studies species membership. The view that different species have different characteristics. Question 2 According to chapter 2 of Understanding Philosophy, utilitarianism is a fo...