Ethics Exam 4

Question 1

Because Punishment increases the amount of suffering in the world, Utilitarians are against any form of punishment

True or False?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

According to Kant, the suffering associated with punishment can be justified if and only that suffering is outweighed by a greater sum of happiness

True or False?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Kant’s view is said to be a backward-looking view because it relies on antiquated views of morality

True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

To deter crime is a forward-looking justification for punishment

True or False?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

To treat a person with dignity is a backward-looking justification for punishment

True or False?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A utilitarian justification for punishment is that an appropriate punishment can rehabilitate a criminal

True or False?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

According to Kant, punishing a criminal to rehabilitate him treats him as an end in himself

True or False?

Answer 7

False

Question 8

According to Kant, punishing a criminal to deter crime treats the criminal merely as a means to promote society’s happiness

True or False?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Because Kant believed that humans are intrinsically valuable, he opposed the death penalty

True or False?

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Being merciful by letting a criminal go free treats the criminal as an end in himself

True or False?

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Before Roe vs. Wade, abortions were illegal in the US, even to save the life of the mother

True or False?

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Roe vs. Wade made abortions legally obtainable at any time for any reason the woman chooses

True or False?

Answer 12

False

Question 13

What does viability mean?

Answer 13

The point at which the fetus can survive outside of the mother

Question 14

When the Roe court stated that the word “Person” as used in the constitution does not include the unborn, was their statement descriptive or normative?

Answer 14

Descriptive

Question 15

A person is being thought to have full moral rights

True or False?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Judith Jarvin Thomson grants for the sake of argument that the fetus is a person from the moment of conception

True or False?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Thomson says that even if a fetus is a person from the moment of conception that the fetus has no right to life

True or False?

Answer 17

False

Question 18

According to Thomson, if you awoke hooked up to a famous violinist via a procedure that took place without your knowledge and the violinist needed the use of your kidneys for nine months, you would have no obligation to stay hooked up to the violinist, even if unhooking yourself means that the violinist will die

True or False?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

According to Thomson, if you are allowed to unhook yourself from the famous violinist, then abortion is permissible at any time for any reason the woman chooses

True or False?

Answer 19

False

Question 20

According to Thomson, the right to life is always stronger than the right to do as one chooses with one’s own body

True or False?

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The conclusion of the traditional pro-life argument is that abortion is wrong

True or False?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

If the traditional pro-life argument is not sound because it has a false premise, we may justifiably conclude that abortion is not wrong

True or False?

Answer 22

False

Question 23

If the right to life is a negative right, then it is the right to the bare minimum needed to stay alive

True or False?

Answer 23

False

Question 24

If the right to life is positive, Henry Fonda really does have an obligation to fly in from the west coast to save you if that is the only thing that can save you

True or False?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

According to Thomson, the right to life is positive True or False?

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Thomson uses the people seed case as an analogy to abortion True or False?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

According to Thomson, something has a right to use your property if it needs your property to survive True or False?

Answer 27

False

Question 28

According to Warren, there is no sense in which a fetus is human True or False?

Answer 28

False

Question 29

According to Warren, one must possess all five characteristics in order to be a person True or False?

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is a nonhuman person True or False?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Is it possible to be a human but not a person on Warren's view?

Answer 31

Yes

Question 32

What is an example of a nonperson human?

Answer 32

A fetus or a person in a vegitative state

Question 33

Warren believes that infanticide is wrong because the fetus is a person from the moment of birth True or False?

Answer 33

False, Warren believes that infanticide is usually, but not always wrong, even though the fetus is not a person

Question 34

On Warren's view, no machine could ever be a person True or False?

Answer 34

False

Question 35

According to Warren, since a fetus is not a person, it has no right to life True or False?

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Marquis' strong pro-life argument asserts that the fetus is a person from the moment of conception True or False?

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Marquis denies that the fetus is a person True or False?

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Why is it wrong to kill normal adult humans, according to Marquis?

Answer 38

None of the above

Question 39

According to Marquis, the fetus typically has a future like ours, the normal adult humans True or False?

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Killing a normal adult human robs him or her of a future of value, according to Marquis True or False?

Answer 40

True

Question 41

According to Marquis, because abortion robs a fetus of value, abortion is wrong for the same reason that killing normal adult humans is wrong True or False?

Answer 41

True