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1
In terms of what did G. E. Moore define goodness?
A)Pleasure.
B)Power.
C)Personal affection and aesthetic enjoyment.
D)Tricky! He claimed that it can't be defined.
2
What do moral judgments do, according to the emotivists?
A)Guide conduct.
B)Assert facts.
C)Express emotion and encourage others to feel the same way.
D)Create value.
3
What is not true of John Rawls's original position?
A)It leads to an entitlement view of justice.
B)It is a hypothetical, imaginary situation.
C)It involves dropping a veil of ignorance.
D)It assumes that people are rational and self-interested.
4
What is Rawls's position on the just distribution of income and wealth in a society?
A)It should be unequal unless a more equal distribution would benefit everyone.
B)It should be equal unless an unequal distribution would benefit everyone.
C)It should always be equal.
D)It should be based on effort, talent, and accomplishments.
5
Why does Robert Nozick believe that any state that goes beyond the minimal state is unjust?
A)Such a state fails to achieve communitarian consensus on the good.
B)Such a state necessarily involves redistributive taxation that violates persons' natural entitlement rights.
C)Such a state would not be agreed to by rational, self-interested individuals in a fair initial bargaining situation.
D)This is a trick question since Nozick is an anarchist libertarian who doesn't think that any state is just.
6
What is a thick moral argument, for Michael Walzer?
A)Moral argument that takes into account the actual, particular details of the association or culture involved.
B)Moral argument that focuses on abstract, universal questions of value, obligation, and justice.
C)Moral argument that is dense and hard to understand.
D)Systematic rather than piecemeal moral argument.
7
Which of the following is the political philosophy based on respect for established institutions and traditions?
A)conservatism
B)communism
C)facism
D)socialism
8
The attempt to understand the sources and criteria of moral value judgments is known as:
A)metaethics
B)normative ethics
C)deontological ethics
D)prima facie duties
9
Which of the following is not one of the three main philosophical causes looked at when studying ecological crises?
A)anthropocentrism
B)democratic socialism
C)patriarchalism
D)authoritarian social structures
10
What is the name of the influential publication by John Rawls?
A)Killing and Starving to Death
B)Anarchy, State, and Utopia
C)A Theory of Justice
D)After Virtue







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