Exam 12: Financial Statement Analysis

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. The last set of essays was much better written than the first set.

Reasoning used by jurists and attorneys in applying the law is both deductive and inductive.

Identify the moral perspective at work here: Taffy is a university lab chimpanzee; the university has lost its animal research grant and has to decide what to do with Taffy. Since people in this country think that treating animals cruelly is wrong, the university should see that Taffy is placed in a humane facility. However, if the university is in a country where people don't think animals have any rights, then they can do what they want with her.

Immanuel Kant's deontologism urges people to act so as to produce the most happiness.

For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim. Smoke from wood-burning stoves has become a serious health hazard. They ought to be banned.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. The carpenter's work in remodeling the kitchen was excellent.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. Everybody has a legal right to an education.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim. If the Simmonses don't begin teaching their son some discipline, he's going to grow up to be an irresponsible adult. That would amount to moral irresponsibility on the part of the Simmonses.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. The regime in China is harshly repressive.

State whether the reason given here is relevant according to any one of the aesthetic principles; and if it is relevant, identify the principle that makes it so. Ruben's nudes are a terrific advertisement for Weightwatchers.

In the following, discuss whether Marina is treating relevantly similar cases in sufficiently similar fashions; identify instances in which the cases are not relevantly similar. Marina instructs her children to always be truthful but lies to her young daughter when the daughter asks if her (the daughter's) illness is running up large medical bills.

Given the following position on euthanasia (doctor-assisted suicide), identify which of the three major ethical theories discussed in the text-utilitarianism, duty theory, or virtue ethics-it follows. Note that each theory may encompass several possible viewpoints on an issue. If we can trust doctors and relatives of the patient to be morally responsible people, then active euthanasia could become an option. However, it may be abused by people with a bad character. And we should not forget that the character of the patients themselves may be important: Are they serious in their request, or are they going to change their minds at the last minute? Above all, let us be certain that the decision is right for the patient in his or her special situation, that the manner of euthanasia is appropriate, and that the situation is viewed with a balanced mind-set.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. Everybody should be as kind and generous as Janice.

Identify the moral perspective at work here: Taffy is a university lab chimpanzee; the university has lost its animal research grant and has to decide what to do with Taffy. Since Taffy is capable of suffering, it is important that her future be taken into consideration. She should be placed with people who will care for her.

Identify the moral perspective at work here: Taffy is a university lab chimpanzee; the university has lost its animal research grant and has to decide what to do with Taffy. If the researchers have the proper compassion for Taffy, they should make certain that she is placed with people who will care for her.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value; or no value at all. Everybody should be as fair as Mario tries to be.

For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim. Look, Sam! There's been a bad accident up ahead. We really ought to stop and see whether there's any way we can help.

Suppose that the following pair of statements appears in a review of the same work of art. Identify which of the aesthetic principles referred to in the text each statement in the pair appeals to. Then state whether the principles are compatible and thus form the basis for a consistent review, or whether they are incompatible and cannot both be used in a consistent review. a. Phillis Wheatley's poetry is important art because it convinced her eighteenth-century contemporaries of the artistic abilities of Africans and contributed to the antislavery movement. b. Phillis Wheatley's poems are exemplary expressions of Christian values.

For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim. When Sarah bought the lawn mower from Jean, she promised to pay another fifty dollars on the first of the month. Since it's now the first, Sarah should pay Jean the money.