Exam 14: The Ethics of Gender and Race

Who said,"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house"?

Fibromyalgia is a medical condition that presents itself often with sensitivity to pressure alongside chronic pain.There is no diagnostic test and no known cause.The label is used on about twice as many women as men.What concern about the condition might arise from a feminist examination of science?

Frye with her birdcage analogy is calling for an awareness of individual issues in oppression in order to show that

We often discuss how some roles in society have been socially constructed to more easily be seen as done by one gender or another.This can lead to which of the following?

An appropriate understanding of care ethics is that one must sacrifice one's interests to another.

If you,like the author,were to attempt to bring together elements of moral theory from this examination,what would you propose and why?

Following the U.S.Civil War,some 15,000 Chinese migrants worked in harsh conditions to construct the first transcontinental railroad.About 1,200 died in the process and many more faced lasting injuries and lower pay than white construction workers.In the last few years there has been a move to create a memorial to the workers (there currently is a marker commemorating the completion of the railroad. )Such a memorial would serve which purpose?

Society sometimes reacts in different ways to the same behavior from different people.For example,we might look at Mark's interrupting in a conversation to be assertive,while the same behavior from Margaret would be seen as rude.This perceptual distinction is best understood as deriving from which of the following?

Imagine that a large corporation is looking to move into your community,offering apparently good-paying jobs for many citizens.But if it comes to your area,its new factory would block a religious denomination's view of a rock formation its members believe has great spiritual worth.What would a utilitarian analysis of this action entail?

What is the distinction between sex and gender?

Women have historically been represented in ethics ________ in other disciplines of philosophy.

It has become more common in American stores to have a "self-checkout" kiosk that allows customers to complete their purchases without the need for the store to hire an additional cashier.What would a Kantian analysis of this practice entail?

According to the author,care ethics is focused more fully on which of the following?

Imagine that we encounter intelligent life from another planet.Given Aristotle's reliance upon learning from our past actions,how would you recommend we attempt to interact with our new species in a virtuous way?

Ethics of care is like virtue ethics in which of the following ways?

Gilligan's understanding of care ethics is which of the following?