Quiz 8 (7/23): Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly describe two of the theories of punishment we discussed in class (3 points each). What would these two theories say about the permissibility of the death penalty (2 points each)?
Quiz 7 (7/21): Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain three of the criteria for personhood articulated by Warren. (2 points each)
- Why does Marquis think killing is wrong (2 points)? How is this relevant to the issue of abortion (2 points)?
Quiz 6 (7/16): Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain Thomson's famous violinist example (3 points). What are the implications of this for the issue of abortion (2 points)?
- Briefly explain Thomson's growing baby example (3 points). What are the implications of this for the issue of abortion (2 points)?
Quiz 5 (7/2): Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain the two features of every social contract theory (2 points each).
- According to Hobbes, what are the three sources of human conflict (2 points each).
Quiz 4 (6/30): Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Explain Aristotle's concept of a 'function' and the related concepts of a 'virtue' and a 'vice' (2 points each).
- Illustrate these concepts with an example (4 points).
Quiz 3 (6/25): Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- State Kant's Formula of Universal Law (2 points). How does he use it to show that it is wrong to make a lying promise (4 points)?
- State Mill's Greatest Happiness Principle (2 points). Briefly explain one of the types of Utilitarianism we looked at in class (2 points).
Quiz 2 (6/16): Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- What is Individual Ethical Relativism (2 points)? What is one reason discussed in class for rejecting it (2 points)?
- What is the Euthyphro Dilemma (2 points)?
- What is Cultural Ethical Relativism (2 points)? What is one reason discussed in class for rejecting it (2 points)?
Quiz 1 (6/11): Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- In class we discussed three features that characterize moral reasoning. Briefly explain two of them. (2 points each)
- In class we discussed three kinds of moral reasoning. Explain one of them. (2 points)
- According to Martin Luther King Jr., how do we tell the difference between a just and an unjust law? (4 points)
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