Singer argues that virtue is important for maximizing utility



Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


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Conflicts of interest are an ethical problem for a business because they

A. violate an individual's right to privacy B. create profits that would be owed to other companies instead C. create incentive for company representatives to act against others' best interest D. prevent the company from succeeding as well as it might otherwise

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Teaching that has to do with Christianity's hope for the future renewal of God's creation is called

A) eschatology B) futurism C) reincarnation D) incarnation

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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Listen, friends, it's our money the board of supervisors wants to spend putting sewers and other improvements out there in that Antelope Creek development. And you know who's going to profit from it the most? The developers, who don't even live around here. I tell you, we have sat back and done nothing long enough! It's high time we told these out-of-town interlopers or antelopers or whatever they are to go mess with somebody else's town. I won't stand for it any more!

What will be an ideal response?

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Galston believes that the draft

a. should require 18 months of service for all high school graduates, with a choice between military and civilian service. b. should be used only in time of war or national emergency. c. should be universal for all those under age 25, and should require that all spend at least six months in military service. d. cannot be reconciled with democratic principles, but is so important that we should have the draft anyway. e. should be universal, but allow broad exemptions for those in essential civilian jobs, in school, parents of small children, conscientious objectors, or for any demonstrated hardship.

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