According to Robert Nozick, principles that require distribution of social benefits according to moral merit, usefulness to society, or another natural dimension are best described as which of the following?

A) Historical.
B) Efficient.
C) Patterned.
D) Egalitarian.


C

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a. deductive. b. fallacious. c. inductive.

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Locke's Trapped Conversationalist thought experiment is intended to show that

A. there are no free actions. B. free actions require that one can do otherwise. C. free actions are agent-caused actions. D. free actions do not require that one be able to do otherwise.

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Shinto and Confucianism had which particular feature in common?

A. the appreciation for ritual dance B. the love of art and imagery C. the veneration of ancestors D. the idealization of the simple life of the farmer

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According to Brock, which of these ethical values supports the ethical permissibility of

euthanasia?

a. pleasure b. self-determination c. happiness d. all of the above

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