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Midterm 1 (2)

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  ascertain the author’s bias and purpose
B  assume if it has been written and published that it is true
C  evaluate the author’s sources
D  determine the author’s background
Question #2
A  direct quotes requires a citation
B  well known facts and quotes do not need citation
C  statistics, surveys, obscure facts, and unique descriptions or examples need a citation
D  a paraphrase of another’s work does not need a citation
Question #3
A  dictionaries
B  human sources
C  government documents
D  encyclopedias
Question #4
A  show your work to someone else for their honest opinion
B  hand it in only once it is perfect
C  edit your work for grammatical mistakes
D  consider what you have not written, i.e. what you have left out of your paper
Question #5
A  limit your thesis statement to what you will defend
B  include some detail on how you will defend your thesis
C  the thesis statement is the most important premise defending your conclusion
D  the more clearly, precisely, and up front you state your thesis the better
Question #6
A  choose and broaden your topic
B  write a sentence that expresses your claim
C  know your audience
D  know yourself
Question #7
A  determine if it is possible to refute or weaken arguments with countervailing evidence
B  determine if it is possible to attack the motives of the opposition
C  determine if it is possible to refute statements by citing counterexamples
D  determine if it is possible to refute a weak claim by reducing it to absurdity
Question #8
A  it agrees with my views
B  it is logically correct, i.e. either deductively sound or inductively cogent
C  it is a persuasive argument
D  it is well written or well spoken
Question #9
A  be accurate and don’t misrepresent
B  be charitable
C  take what is unclear and make it clear
D  try to use as many words as the original argument
Question #10
A  number the steps of the argument
B  fill in missing premises or conclusions
C  put the conclusion first
D  write in complete sentences
Question #11
A  in appropriate appeal to authority
B  loaded question
C  false alternatives
D  appeal to ignorance
Question #12
A  weak analogy
B  hasty generalization
C  slippery slope
D  inconsistency
Question #13
A  straw man
B  bandwagon argument
C  scare tactics
D  red herring
Question #14
A  two wrongs make a right
B  attacking the motive
C  a personal attack (ad hominem)
D  look who’s talking (tu quoque)
Question #15
A  since
B  for
C  therefore
D  given that
Question #16
A  thus
B  because
C  consequently
D  if follows that
Question #17
A  an illustration
B  a conditional statement
C  a report
D  one or more premises which are intended to prove or support a conclusion
Question #18
A  Gandhi
B  Anita Roddick
C  Mohammed Yunus
D  Mandala
Question #19
A  Mandela
B  Gandhi
C  Muhammed Yunus
D  Anita Roddick
Question #20
A  attention
B  patience
C  explicitness
D  none of these
Question #23
A  ethics and sex
B  ethics and what we eat
C  ethics and work
D  ethics and money
Question #24
A  ethics and sex
B  ethics and work
C  ethics and what we eat
D  ethics and money
Question #25
A  Weston suggests we assume problems, even “dilemmas,” are solvable
B  Weston uses Sartre’s young friend as an example
C  Weston uses Heinz’s dilemma as an example
D  Weston maintains that dilemmas are indeed unsolvable
Question #26
A  each side’s “solution” is unacceptable to the other side
B  all of these
C  thought to be impossible to solve
D  a problem with two sharply opposed options
Question #27
A  view problems as a growth opportunity to be welcomed
B  ask if the problem can be prevented
C  none of these
D  revisit outlying parts of the problem
Question #28
A  homelessness in other cultures
B  carefully administered hallucinogenic drugs
C  abortion and animal research in Japan
D  seven generation decision making of the American Indians
Question #29
A  reversal
B  full steam ahead method
C  exaggeration
D  random word method
Question #30
A  it is essential for practical problem solving
B  it seeks to limit the possibilities
C  it helps solve ethical problems by going beyond the norm
D  it seeks to reframe the problem
Question #31
A  all of these are true
B  it was an improvisation and not planned in his original speech
C  it occurs at the end of his speech in the lasts only five minutes
D  it is an excellent example of proclaiming a moral vision
Question #32
A  it looks forward to a future and more complete resolution
B  it is a positive and appealing longer term alternative
C  it “pushes” us towards a moral minimum by nagging us to do something
D  it finds a way of enthusiastically going forward together
Question #33
A  picking the side you personally like the best
B  trying to take into account the values on all sides
C  finding the best balance between values at stake
D  finding ways the underlying values and interests of both sides can be co-achieved
Question #34
A  all of these are true
B  utilitarianism argues in favor of assisted suicide
C  Kant (Ethics of the person) argues against assisted suicide
D  virtue theory argues against assisted suicide
Question #35
A  all of us are both pro-life and pro-choice in a general sense
B  both pro-life and pro-choice share many essential values, although they may prioritize these values differently
C  all pro-life advocates oppose abortion in all cases, even rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at risk
D  many pro-choice advocates are conflicted about abortion and although they would not choose it for themselves think it is a necessary option for others
Question #36
A  the media tends to minimize “either/or” thinking
B  it is an adversarial “winner take all” approach
C  it is an overly simplistic and extreme approach
D  it presents polarizing and irresolvable positions
Question #37
A  it is legalistic and judgmental
B  it strives to get all sides as much as possible of what they want
C  it focuses on shared interests rather than hard-line positions
D  it makes the problem the problem
Question #38
A  all of these are true
B  moral virtues are character traits that fulfill our essence as human beings
C  by growing in these virtues we achieve our potential as humans
D  virtues are traits that express and fulfill our rational nature
Question #39
A  like to hunt
B  be a color that blends in with the surroundings
C  be quiet
D  not be frightened by loud noises
Question #40
A  moral and legal rights of the individual
B  reduction of social pain and suffering
C  Kant’s Categorical Imperative
D  equality for individuals regardless of gender, race or class
Question #41
A  regards persons as supremely valuable
B  believes individuals should be viewed as a “means to an end” and not “ends in themselves”
C  advocated by Martin Buber
D  advocated by Immanuel Kant
Question #42
A  it is short term
B  it is essentially social
C  it is concerned with the well being of others
D  it is a rational aim
Question #43
A  seeks the greatest good of the smallest number
B  aims for the greatest balance of happiness over pain of suffering as a whole in the long run
C  originated with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
D  focuses on happiness
Question #44
A  include greed, lust, and gluttony
B  include fairness, equality, responsibility, and respect
C  describe the legitimate expectations of ourselves and others
D  may be organized into ethical theories
Question #45
A  Abraham bargains with God,
B  God listened to Abraham
C  Abraham thinks for himself
D  Abraham agrees that Sodom should be destroyed
Question #46
A  women were considered property of their fathers or husbands
B  the main point of the story is not clear
C  the biblical prophet Ezekial says Sodom was destroyed because of their homosexuality
D  some of the values were different then than they are now
Question #47
A  not wearing garments made out of blended material
B  not eating bacon
C  all of these
D  not eating shrimp and lobster
Question #48
A  lying to shelter fugitives from the Nazis
B  Jean Valjean stealing to feed a starving child
C  lying to get out of trouble for something you’ve done wrong
D  lying to hide fugitive slaves
Question #49
A  rules are rough guides and have exceptions
B  rules make life simpler
C  rules may conflict
D  rules replace the need to think
Question #50
A  limit your experience to what you know is true
B  welcome change
C  welcome challenges
D  pursue the facts
Question #51
A  seek out people with whom you do not agree
B  aim to live more comfortably
C  let challenges stretch your mind
D  seek out challenges
Question #52
A  dogmatism
B  sound ethical thinking
C  relativism
D  offhand self justification
Question #53
A  offhand self-justification
B  dogmatism
C  sound ethical thinking
D  relativism
Question #54
A  using categorical language when describing ethical issues
B  avoiding name calling
C  keeping an open mind
D  avoiding bumper sticker simplicity
Question #55
A  thinking constructively
B  thinking simplistically
C  thinking systematically
D  thinking creatively