One of the challenges to ethical egoism in the United States comes from ________, which is the theory that community is the basis of ethics.
A. socialism
B. rationalism
C. consequentialism
D. communitarianism
Answer: D
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What is one reason that Christianity experienced growth after the 1950s in Africa?
a. Christianity became more connected to European colonial regimes. b. The Bible became widely available in African languages. c. Christianity came to Africa with immigrants from the Middle East. d. Christian missionaries came to Africa in record numbers.
According to the traditional law of agency, which statement is true?
A) law of agency is not legal concept but a moral standard of loyalty that employees today seldom follow. B) employees are under a legal obligation to act loyally and in good faith and to carry out lawful instructions. C) an employee's work contract is irrelevant to his or her moral obligations for legal reasons. D) no moral value is more important than loyalty, whether to a person or an organization.
The "taboo" against touching a menstruating woman shows __________
a. a fundamentally misogynistic perspective b. an irrational fear of contamination c. a primitive understanding of hygiene and medicine d. a strong sense of the power of blood as the life-force of humanity e. none of the above
In his work on the importance of philosophy, Boethius represented philosophy in the form of
a. the figure of Socrates. b. one of Aristotle’s disciples. c. a nurturing woman. d. a Stoic Roman soldier.