Kahlenberg claims that it’s okay to treat people as members of groups, so long
as the group is a relevant one
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
T
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You and your visually-impaired mother, whom you love dearly, are attending a lecture by a scientist who is conducting groundbreaking research on a vaccine for AIDS when a fire breaks out in the lecture hall. A beam falls, trapping your mother, her seeing eye dog, and the scientist. You have time to save only one of them. A care ethicist would most likely advise you to:
A. save your mother; your relationship with her creates a special obligation to her. B. save the dog; to give preferential treatment to humans in this case is speciesist. C. save the scientist; she is more likely to benefit society through her research. D. apply the doctrine of the mean and take each of them partway out of the building.
According to Sartre, existence ________ essence
a. precedes b. transcends c. is irrelevant to d. is the same thing as
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Contemporary scholars generally agree that the books of Ezra and Nehemiah were originally a single volume. 2. Both books (Ezra and Nehemiah) offer a theological interpretation of political decisions made in both Judea and Persia. 3. It appears the Persians regarded both Ezra and Nehemiah as politically unreliable, but theologically and diplomatically necessary. 4. Only one copy of Cyrus the Great's edict permitting exiled Jews to return to Judah has ever been found. 5. According to Ezra, under the leadership of the exiled royal prince Sheshbazzar, more than 42,000 exiles return to Judah.
Distinguish distributive from retributive justice
What will be an ideal response?