Quiz 7 (7/30): Please write your name and "Quiz 7" 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 6 (7/28): 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 5 (7/16): Please write your name and "Quiz 5" 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 4 (7/7): 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 (7/2): 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 (6/23): 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 (6/18): 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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