Plato is suspicious of democracy because:
1. In a democracy, the ignorant masses rule.
2. In a democracy, the rich exploit the poor.
3. In a democracy, the masses have freedom.
4. In a democracy, the people are happy.
answer: 1
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Restorative Justice suggests that healing for victims is linked to healing for offenders
a. true b. false
Which of the following is true of John Rawls's original position?
What will be an ideal response?
. Suppose a mother is part of a community that generally supports the idea that both parents should work and contribute to a middle class standard of living. Furthermore, she is also part of a religious community that believes that mothers should remain at home and raise children even if it means having a lower standard of living. According to the theory of ethical relativism, the mother should do which of the following?
A. She should work as then she would be following the moral conventions of the larger, more inclusive culture. B. She should stay at home as that would allow her to follow the moral conventions of her religion, which trumps all other groups. C. She can choose to either work or stay at home as she will be moral in either case. She would still be following the moral conventions of at least one of the groups. D. Ethical relativism fails to say what she should do, since she is a member of two different cultures with conflicting moral values. This illustrates one of the shortcomings of ethical relativism.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. King Darius found that the Callatians refused to give up eating their dead. 2. Cultural relativism is a normative theory. 3. Cultural relativism states that different cultures have different moral codes. 4. Ethical relativism is a normative theory. 5. A normative ethical theory involves a moral judgment, evaluation, or justification.