Phi 208 week 5 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 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 form of what b...

PHI 208 WEEK 2 QUIZ. Question 1 1 / 1 pts What is the BEST meaning of the term “the irreducible plurality of values”? Values cannot be reduced to measurable utility because there is no such thing as pleasure or pain. Correct! Some values, such as the value of human life or certain aesthetic goods, cannot be reduced to measurable utility. There is never a right moral choice when there are multiple actions to choose from. Values are simply what the majority of people happen to p...

PHI 208 week 2 quiz 1 Question 1 1 / 1 pts Kathleen is a girls’ soccer coach who lies now and then to her young team in order to keep up their spirits and guarantee they have fun, even if they are not the best players in the league. Kathleen’s lying could be an example of utilitarian __________. impartiality immorality Correct! adaptability universality Question 2 1 / 1 pts LeBron is writing a paper on how utilitarianism applies to animals. Which statement would be...

PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz Question 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 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 Correct!Correct! all of the above The answer can be found between minutes 10:00-15:00 of the video “What is Just War Theory?” ...

PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz Question 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 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 Correct!Correct! all of the above The answer can be found between minutes 10:00-15:00 of the video “What is Just War Theory?” ...

PHI 208 WEEK 5 QUIZ

PHI 208 -Ethics & Moral Reasoning-ASHFORD UNIVERSITY-Week 5-QuizPHI 208 -Ethics & Moral Reasoning-ASHFORD UNIVERSITY-Week 5-Quiz-2020|98%|.PHI 208 -Ethics & Moral Reasoning-ASHFORD UNIVERSITY-Week 5-Quiz-2020.Question : According to Kant, persons: Student Answer: are rational beings. must always be regarded as an end. have absolute value. all of the above.Question 2.Question : According to Kant, suicide is: Student Answer: Moral if and only if one’s life becomes too burdensome. Moral i...

PHI 208 WEEK 2 QUIZ. Question 1 1 / 1 pts What is the BEST meaning of the term “the irreducible plurality of values”? Values cannot be reduced to measurable utility because there is no such thing as pleasure or pain. Correct! Some values, such as the value of human life or certain aesthetic goods, cannot be reduced to measurable utility. There is never a right moral choice when there are multiple actions to choose from. Values are simply what the majority of people happen to p...

PHI 208 Week 5 Q