A frequent analogy used by functionalists is that the relation of mind to brain is like that between the software and hardware of a computer.
a. true
b. false
Ans: a. true
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What does Dixon say about Paglia’s claim that women who want to be sexually
active should take steps to avoid rape?
a. Dixon agrees with Paglia’s claim, arguing that if women want equal rights, women need to assume equal responsibility. b. Dixon agrees with Paglia’s claim, arguing that allowing oneself to become intoxicated to the point of impaired judgment is akin to drunk driving. c. Dixon disagrees with Paglia’s claim, arguing that it is unreasonable to expect women to foresee rape. d. Dixon disagrees with Paglia’s claim, criticizing it as a classic case of blaming the victim.
Which of the following held that human nature is basically good and is only impeded by an evil social environment?
a. Xunzi b. Mencius c. Dong Zhongshu d. All of the above.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calls itself “the oldest comprehensive consumer
protection agency in the U.S. federal government.” Although some regulatory functions can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century, FDA marks its modern beginnings with the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, which prohibited interstate commerce in “adulterated and misbranded food and drugs.” Today it has an entire office devoted to unapproved drugs, whose goal is “to promote and protect public health through science driven, comprehensive, strategies and actions that communicate potential risks about drug products and minimize exposure to unsafe, ineffective, or poor quality unapproved or misbranded drugs.” FDA is a prime example of a government agency trying to be a parent, protecting us from ourselves in taking unsafe or unproven drugs. Another way of stating this is that FDA is trying to prevent us from committing the victimless crime of taking unsafe or unproven drugs.
What will be an ideal response?One premise of the identity argument regarding the importance of racial, ethnic and
cultural differences, questions the claim to impartiality of the moral agent. Critiques of the claim to impartiality argue that
a. Claims to impartiality are a sham. The moral point of view was never an impartial one. b. Those in power pass off their point of view as universal but the universality is an illusion. c. The appeal to impartiality is simply an attempt to provide justivication for the standpoint of the moral elite. d. All of the above