FINAL EXAM - Chapter 15
The central question in the morality of sex is,
a. What arguments can be marshaled against the conventional view of sex?
b. Is sexual behavior detrimental to human evolution?
c. What kind of sexual behavior is morally permissible and under what
circumstances?
d. Is society as a whole becoming more liberal or more conservative in views
about sexual behavior? - correct answer ✔c. What kind of sexual behavior is
morally permissible and under what circumstances?
The conventionalist and the liberal take opposing views on the moral
permissibility of
a. marriage.
b. love.
c. homosexuality.
d. domestic life. - correct answer ✔c. homosexuality.
In a recent public opinion poll, ________ percent of respondents said they
believe that it is morally acceptable for a man and woman to have sex before
marriage.
a. 90
b. 66
c. 25
d. 40 - correct answer ✔b. 66
, The notion that as long as basic moral standards are respected, any sexual
activity engaged in by informed, consenting adults is permissible is known as
the ________ view.
a. hedonistic
b. conventional
c. liberal
d. moderate - correct answer ✔c. liberal
Kissing someone without first obtaining consent is an example of
a. rape.
b. sexual assault.
c. both rape and sexual assault.
d. neither rape nor sexual assault. - correct answer ✔b. sexual assault.
Suppose a married couple openly engages in consensual extramarital sexual
activity with other
people. According to Thomas Mappes's Kantian view of sexuality, the sexual
behavior of this
couple would be
a. permissible overall except for oral sex.
b. impermissible.
c. permissible.
d. permissible overall except for the use of contraception. - correct answer
✔c. permissible.
An unmarried man and woman have frequent sex and engage in activities that
most of society
The central question in the morality of sex is,
a. What arguments can be marshaled against the conventional view of sex?
b. Is sexual behavior detrimental to human evolution?
c. What kind of sexual behavior is morally permissible and under what
circumstances?
d. Is society as a whole becoming more liberal or more conservative in views
about sexual behavior? - correct answer ✔c. What kind of sexual behavior is
morally permissible and under what circumstances?
The conventionalist and the liberal take opposing views on the moral
permissibility of
a. marriage.
b. love.
c. homosexuality.
d. domestic life. - correct answer ✔c. homosexuality.
In a recent public opinion poll, ________ percent of respondents said they
believe that it is morally acceptable for a man and woman to have sex before
marriage.
a. 90
b. 66
c. 25
d. 40 - correct answer ✔b. 66
, The notion that as long as basic moral standards are respected, any sexual
activity engaged in by informed, consenting adults is permissible is known as
the ________ view.
a. hedonistic
b. conventional
c. liberal
d. moderate - correct answer ✔c. liberal
Kissing someone without first obtaining consent is an example of
a. rape.
b. sexual assault.
c. both rape and sexual assault.
d. neither rape nor sexual assault. - correct answer ✔b. sexual assault.
Suppose a married couple openly engages in consensual extramarital sexual
activity with other
people. According to Thomas Mappes's Kantian view of sexuality, the sexual
behavior of this
couple would be
a. permissible overall except for oral sex.
b. impermissible.
c. permissible.
d. permissible overall except for the use of contraception. - correct answer
✔c. permissible.
An unmarried man and woman have frequent sex and engage in activities that
most of society
