Introduction to Ethics
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Practice Test #4 Study Questions
Try to answer the following review questions with a short essay answer. You can then compare your answer to an example answer by clicking on the key link below. If you can answer the review questions below, you are probably familiar enough with the material to pass the test. However, the questions do not exhaustively cover the material, nor do they necessarily represent the focus of the test questions.
1.) What is the ticking bomb case? Give an example of one possible factor affecting the utility of the practice of using torture in ticking bomb cases that, according to Wallis, is not considered by Dershowitz.
2.) What is Dr. Scarry's fourth criticism (a criticism of Dershowitz's warrant
proposal) and how does it relate to FISA?
3.) What step in the anti-abortionist argument does Dr. Thomson call into
question?
4.) What are the four reasons Marquis thinks FLO is correct?
5.) Does Singer believe that the immorality of racism rests solely upon its
arbitrary nature? If not what other reasons does Singer suggest contribute to
the immorality of racism? What is cake-shop case, and how does it relate to
Singer’s view?
6.) How does Feinberg define a claim and a right? Explain how one can have a
claim without having a right.
