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posted by Glenn
on Wednesday April 02, @07:08AM from the Test-Review dept. |
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This review gives you a fair indication of most of the content of the second test. The test will be on chapters 5-8 of our text with a little bit of chapter 9 (depending how far we get in lecture next week) and as usual anything discussed in class. If you study our text, review the lecture notes - and attend the lectures, of course - and compose answers for each of the following questions, you should be well prepared. Once again, the format of the test will consist of some T/F questions, some multiple-choice questions, and one essay question. The essay question will concern a case study (likely an environmental issue) where you will be asked to discuss how a utilitarian might assess the situation. To prepare for this question you should (1) have a decent grasp of utilitarian theory (2) consider the examples in our text (e.g., euthanasia, our treatment of animals) that show how a utilitarian approaches ethical problems.
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Review Questions Test #2
1. What is ethical egoism and how does it differ from psychological egoism? 2. Define “altruism”. Why does the psychological egoist hold that altruism is not possible? 3. Some object that Ayn Rand’s argument for ethical egoism presents us with a “false dichotomy”. Explain both Rand’s argument and the alleged false dichotomy. 4. Why doesn’t Rachels think ethical egoism is a fair reflection of common sense morality? 5. What is the principle equal treatment? How does it relate to ethical egoism? 6. What is the principle of utility? 7. What role does the distribution of happiness play in the classical utilitarian’s calculations? 8. The utilitarian sees the racist, sexist and speciesist as making the same kind of mistake: explain. 9. What might a utilitarian would have to say about euthanasia? (Hint: see our text p.91) 10. What is the difference between act and rule utilitarianism? 11. What are some basic objections to utilitarianism? How might a utilitarian respond to these objections? 12. Explain the difference between consequentialist and deontological ethical theories. 13. Did Kant base his ethical theory on our sentiments or our reason? Very briefly explain. 14. What is the difference between a hypothetical and a categorical imperative? Provide an example of each. 15. State the categorical imperative that for Kant is the supreme principle of morality. 16. Briefly, how might we test to see if an action of ours conforms to Kant's categorical imperative? 17. What is negative responsibility? 18. List a couple of objections to Kantian absolutism. Next, state how one attracted to Kantian theory, but perhaps not accepting everything Kant says, might respond. |
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