Marquis believes that on the principles of his position, contraception
a. is morally wrong, and is the moral equivalent of abortion.
b. is not as bad as abortion, but is still morally wrong.
c. is not morally wrong.
d. is morally right or wrong relative to one's culture.
e. is morally wrong but should not be legally prohibited.
c
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One of the key problems with the test "What if everyone did that?" is that:
A. It tries to get everyone to do things that are sometimes really wrong. B. It makes morality depend on how we describe an action, which can lead to contradictory results. C. It makes morality depend on a person's desires. D. Since there is really nothing that everyone would do, the test makes everything perfectly moral.
Which of the following is probably an expression of the influence of the Stereotyping Heuristic?
(a) "Brandon is a huge fan of the San Francisco Giants. If he sees anything at all with the SF Giant's logo on it, a shirt, a coffee cup, a banner, you know Brandon is going to want to buy it." (b) "There is always another way to tweak the artwork this way or that. But we have to get the marketing materials to the conference soon. So I say that the design is good to go." (c) "I never get a flu shot. When I was a kid I had a terrible infection and the doctor gave me a hypo of penicillin right in the butt. Wow did that hurt!" (d) "This year two of the people in our office died. One was hit by a drunk driver last summer when he was out biking, and the other had a fatal heart attack while shoveling snow. We all worked in the same office, reported to the same boss, and both of them were about my age. Makes me not want to do anything that is physically exerting." (e) "The prosecuting attorney pointed at the accused and said, ‘For a man like him, raised in his religious culture, it is a huge dishonor if a wife is not totally subservient to her husband. That is how we know that the defendant is guilty of murder. I say that he is the one who beat his wife to death. His motive was that he thought she had somehow dishonored him."
In Kant’s realm of ends, dignity is whatever is above all price and therefore admitting of no equivalent.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is considered to be a primary benefit of utilitarianism?
a. It advocates policies that create the biggest financial reward. b. It produces the greatest benefits for society at a reasonable cost. c. It allows governments to clearly define what is ethically right or wrong. d. It impartially considers everyone’s interests.