Describe your own criterion for moral goodness, and give an example of what you think is a morally good person. You may make up an example, or you may pick an actual or fictional person and describe him or her.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer will vary.

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According to Hume, the basis for our belief in causal relations is

a. a rational argument based on indubitable premises. b. the overwhelming evidence of our experience. c. faith in the orderly nature of the Creator. d. custom or habit.

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Which moral theory holds that we have no moral responsibility toward people we never have personal interactions with

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Analyze the following study according to the criteria set by your instructor:"Barbara Sherwin, director of a research team at McGill University, found that a small quantity of the male hormone testosterone, in addition to estrogen, led to a spicier sex life for some postmenopausal women. Twenty-two of the McGill team's subjects were given 150 milligrams a month of testosterone with estrogen, 11 were given estrogen alone, and 11 took placebos. The testosterone group reported more desire and arousal and more frequent sexual thoughts than did the women in the other two groups. Though 17 percent of the testosterone recipients developed mild facial hair, this side effect receded when the dosage was reduced."-Elsie Rosner, Physician's Weekly, reported in Reader's Digest

What will be an ideal response?

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Kant thinks that the mind is an organizing tool that we apply only after experience has already given us meaningful objects

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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