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PHIL last quizzes

Pregunta 1 de 14

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To give a person sexual rights over one's body but to retain other rights is to adopt a maxim that contradicts itself, according to Kant

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 2 de 14

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In order to have the legitimate right over another the whole of another person, one must grant that person the same rights over the whole of oneself.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 3 de 14

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Marriage requires conjugal cohabitation on the basis of a contract that grants reciprocal possession of each other, according to Kant.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 4 de 14

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According to Kant, adultery is wrong because of the pain it universally causes.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 5 de 14

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A sentient being is, by definition, a being that is capable of reason.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 6 de 14

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According to Singer, the principle of equality requires equal treatment.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 7 de 14

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If we apply the principle of equality to animals, then we have an obligation to buy the family dog new socks just as we have an obligation to buy the family children new socks.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 14

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Singer’s reason for thinking that speciesism is wrong is:

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  • God has forbidden speciesism

  • all mammals are rational beings

  • if a being suffers, that suffering must be taken into consideration

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 14

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The principle of equality requires that if a man has a right to something, a woman has exactly the same right. So, if men have a right to prostate exams, women have a right to prostate exams.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 14

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Which of the following arguments is sound, according to Singer?

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  • If the case for women’s rights is successful, then brutes—nonhuman animals—have rights as well. But brutes do not have rights. Therefore, the case for women’s rights is not successful

  • If the case for women’s rights is successful, then brutes—nonhuman animals—have rights as well. The case for women’s rights is successful. Therefore, brutes have rights

  • both of the above

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 14

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Which of the following arguments is valid?

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  • if the case for women’s rights is successful, then brutes—nonhuman animals—have rights as well.
    But brutes do not have rights.
    Therefore, the case for women’s rights is not successful

  • If the case for women’s rights is successful, then brutes—nonhuman animals—have rights as well.
    The case for women’s rights is successful.
    Therefore, brutes have rights

  • both of the above

  • none of the abve

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 14

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Which of the following is true?

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  • According to Singer, “all humans are equal” is prescriptive.

  • According to Singer, If the statement “all humans are equal” is descriptive, then then it is false.

  • Equal consideration does not demand equal treatment.

  • all of the above

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 14

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Speciesism is not merely a prejudice or bias in favor of one's own species as though preferring human company to an evening with lab rats makes one a speciesist. Speciesism is a prejudice or bias in favor of human interests, the belief that human pains and pleasures are more important than nonhuman interests merely in virtue of being human pains and pleasures.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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Pregunta 14 de 14

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Steinbock believes we are justified in taking care of our own simply because they are our own, while utilitarians such as Singer believe we are justified in taking care of our own only if doing so promotes more utility than using one's resources differently.

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  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

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