After Dennett's first operation, when his radio-controlled body contemplated his brain in the vat, he was surprised that he assumed he was outside the vat, because
A) he knew his brain was inside the vat.
B) he had always thought that his awareness occurred in his brain.
C) his eyes could see his brain was in the vat.
D) his brain could see that his body was not in the vat.
B
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One of the four key features of capitalism is
A) favoritism. B) cooperation. C) inequality. D) private property.
One criticism of Bentham's quantitative model of the utility principle is that it could lead to results that seem deeply unjust. For example,
A) it could allow a sadistic dictator to get away with torturing his subjects, on the grounds that his pleasure is so great it outweighs their collective pain. B) it oppresses strong, creative people with its slave morality. C) it tells us that we always ought to act selfishly in all circumstances. D) it requires us to put duty before pleasure.
The French post-structuralist who focused on those oppressed and marginalized by society, such as prisoners and the mentally ill, is
A. Claude Lévi-Strauss. B. Émile Durkheim. C. Michel Foucault. D. Jacques Derrida.
A theory of _____ judges an action based on the moral life and what morality obliges us do in certain situations
a. an ethic of virtues b. an ethic of principles c. moral principles d. moral justice