Quiz 10 (7/28): Please write your name and "Quiz 10" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - Briefly explain two of the theories of punishment we discussed in class. (3 points each)
- What would each of those theories from question 1 say about the permissibility of the death penalty? (2 points each)
Quiz 9 (7/23): Please write your name and "Quiz 9" 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 8 (7/21): Please write your name and "Quiz 8" 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 7 (7/16): Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - How does Walzer define terrorism (2 points)? What is his position on the morality of terrorism (3 points)?
- How does McPherson define terrorism (2 points)? What is his position on the morality of terrorism (3 points)?
Quiz 6 (7/2): Please write your name and "Quiz 6" 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 5 (6/30): Please write your name and "Quiz 5" 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 4 (6/25): Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - Explain the four character types that Kant discusses (2 points each). Which does he think is the most moral? Why (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 major branches of philosophy. Briefly explain two of them (2 points each), then state one question we ask in each of those branches (1 point each).
- How does Martin Luther King Jr. distinguish between a just and an unjust law? (2 points)
- According to Martin Luther King Jr., what is one criterion that distinguishes civil disobedience from just breaking the law? (2 points)
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