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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A eudaimonia.
B virtue.
C continence.
D pleasure.
Question #2
A women tend to respond to moral conflict differently from men.
B all women share a common approach to morality.
C men tend to be more morally developed than women.
D women are innately more compassionate than men.
Question #3
A ethical pluralism.
B maternalism.
C the ethic of care.
D the ethic of procreation.
Question #4
A the importance of dependence and connectedness to others
B the importance of vulnerability
C the importance of vulnerability, the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life, and the importance of dependence and connectedness to others
D the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life
Question #5
A there are no innate differences between men and women.
B men and women should always be treated the same, the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality, and there are no innate differences between men and women.
C the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality.
D men and women should always be treated the same.
Question #6
A discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
B made false and damaging claims about women, ignored female perspectives on ethical issues, and discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
C made false and damaging claims about women
D ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.
Question #7
A is guaranteed to make us happy.
B must be acquired through training and is guaranteed to make us happy.
C must be acquired through training.
D is inborn.
Question #8
A tend to make us violate our duties.
B play a crucial role in moral understanding.
C are irrelevant to morality.
D would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.
Question #9
A there are good reasons to perform them.
B they would be performed by a virtuous person.
C there are good reasons to perform them, they benefit everyone and harm no one, and they would be performed by a virtuous person.
D they benefit everyone and harm no one.
Question #10
A Aristotle.
B Immanuel Kant.
C John Stuart Mill.
D W. D. Ross.
Question #11
A What would benefit me most?
B What kinds of things are intrinsically good?
C What is the right thing to do?
D What kind of person should I be?
Question #12
A be unconcerned with the well-being of others.
B be selfish.
C have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.
D be selfish, be unconcerned with the well-being of others, and have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.
Question #13
A we have tacitly consented to do so.
B doing so is commanded by God.
C doing so maximizes overall utility.
D we have explicitly consented to do so.
Question #14
A there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.
B all of the laws are easy to understand.
C there is no government.
D no one ever breaks one’s agreements.
Question #15
A prevent people from invading one another’s privacy.
B ensure that the choices of the contractors are fair.
C prevent the immoral behavior that often results from higher education.
D remind us of how much we don’t know.
Question #16
A Immanuel Kant.
B Thomas Hobbes.
C John Stuart Mill.
D Aristotle.
Question #17
A there is no possible action that does not break the law.
B all people benefit if all people refrain from pursuing their short-term interests.
C all people benefit if all people pursue their short-term interests.
D every possible course of action ends up harming everyone.
Question #18
A they are permitted by rules that free, equal, and rational people would agree to live by.
B they do not violate any agreements.
C everyone agrees that they are right.
D they do not violate anyone’s rights.
Question #19
A philosophical
B sociological
C political
D psychological