In the following, discuss whether Marina is treating relevantly similar cases in sufficiently similar fashions; identify instances in which the cases are not relevantly similar.Marina votes against a tax increase for maintenance of her city park even though she uses the park and plans to continue using it whether or not the measure passes.

What will be an ideal response?


The comments on this item should parallel those on the item about Marina's enjoyment of user-supported public television: Perhaps she is perfectly consistent and takes selfish advantage of others every time she gets the chance.

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a. True b. False

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According to Singer, if we have to choose between the life of a person and the

life of a nonhuman animal, we should use our intuitions to decide which needs us more.

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Which of the following could be described as a virtue theorist?

a. Aristotle b. Rita Manning c. both a and b d. neither a nor b

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