18 Jan True/False: The epistemological

PHI115 ETHICS

Exam 3

Question 1

In what sense is moral virtue a mean?

Answers:

It occupies a middle ground between excessive and deficient possibilities of feeling and acting.

It corresponds to what the average person would do in a situation.

It corresponds to what ordinary “common sense” would recomment.

It is a mean in the sense that it is mathematical and one can apply a simple formula to determine what is right and wrong.

Question 2

True/False: Gilligan would probably say that the way that girls reason has typically been devalued and not treated as a genuine alternative to the way that boys typically reason.

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TRUE

FALSE

Question 3

True/False: In order for an act to be truly virtuous, it must be done from a fixed state of character, for its own sake and knowingly and willingly.

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TRUE

FALSE

Question 4

The Racial Contract is that set of formal or informal agreements establishing the rules and regulations for two groups of people, the _________ and the ___________.

Answers:

whites…non-whites

northern whites…southern whites

Europeans and Africans

Question 5

In what does happiness consist?

Answers:

experiencing pleasure and not experiencing pain

achieving one’s goals and receiving honor from one’s community

activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

health, wealth and time to enjoy them

Question 6

True/False: Human beings have a particular function, according to Aristotle.

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TRUE

FALSE

Question 7

What is the purpose of the racial contract and the state that it establishes?

Answers:

To promote the greatest good for the greatest number.

To benefit the least advantaged by promoting equality of basic rights.

To maintain the privileges and advantages of full white citizens.

All of the above

Question 8

True/False: Gilligan argues that young boys and young girls reason about moral dillemmas in very similar ways.

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TRUE

FALSE

Question 9

True/False: The person who errs by way of excess with respect to courage can be called foolhardy or rash.

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TRUE

FALSE

Question 10

True/False: The epistemological dimension of the racial contract requires that those in a position of privilege misinterpret the world, instead of get their view of the world right.

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TRUE

FALSE