Question 1

De Marneffe maintains that the choice to manufacture or sell drugs

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A)  should be legal. 
B)  should be illegal. 
C)  does not involve an important form of control over one's own mind or body. 
D)  Both b and c 
A)  should be legal. 
B)  should be illegal. 
C)  does not involve an important form of control over one's own mind or body. 
D)  Both b and c D

Question 2

Talk about:
-Drug addiction

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a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.

Question 3

Those who say that it is society's responsibility to reduce harm and that the most effective way to do so is by criminalizing drug use would likely recommend what policy for the contemporary United States?

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A)  Stricter penalties for manufacturers 
B)  A full abolition of drug laws 
C)  A radical revision of existing drug laws 
D)  Maintaining the status quo 
A)  Stricter penalties for manufacturers 
B)  A full abolition of drug laws 
C)  A radical revision of existing drug laws 
D)  Maintaining the status quo D

Question 4

Which of the following is an argument for the conclusion that actions are justifiably criminalized only if they are immoral?

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A)  Actions are justifiably criminalized only if it is morally justified to condemn their performance, and it is morally justified to condemn the performance of an action only if it is immoral. 
B)  Actions are morally justifiable only if it is not justifiable to condemn their performance, and any action can be justifiably criminalized. 
C)  Actions are justifiably criminalized only if they are morally acceptable, and a morally acceptable action is always unsuited for criticism. 
D)  It is morally justified to condemn the performance of an action only if it is immoral, and an action is immoral only if it is morally justified to condemn its performance. 
A)  Actions are justifiably criminalized only if it is morally justified to condemn their performance, and it is morally justified to condemn the performance of an action only if it is immoral. 
B)  Actions are morally justifiable only if it is not justifiable to condemn their performance, and any action can be justifiably criminalized. 
C)  Actions are justifiably criminalized only if they are morally acceptable, and a morally acceptable action is always unsuited for criticism. 
D)  It is morally justified to condemn the performance of an action only if it is immoral, and an action is immoral only if it is morally justified to condemn its performance.

Question 5

Talk about:
-Drugs

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chemicals that, when

Question 6

Talk about:
-Tolerance

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the effect that occurs when th

Question 7

In your own words, present and defend the Social Harm Argument. In your view, what is the strongest objection someone could raise against the hybrid view advanced by this argument? What is the best response available to a defender of the hybrid view?

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The Social Harm Argument is a theory tha

Question 8

Which of the following does Huemer think should be legal?

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A)  Using a drug that corrodes one's sense of sympathy and duty 
B)  Operating heavy machinery while using a drug that impairs one's ability to do so 
C)  Using a drug while pregnant that is harmful to fetuses 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Using a drug that corrodes one's sense of sympathy and duty 
B)  Operating heavy machinery while using a drug that impairs one's ability to do so 
C)  Using a drug while pregnant that is harmful to fetuses 
D)  None of the above

Question 9

Do people have the right to use drugs? Do they have the right to manufacture and sell drugs? Explain your answers by contrasting rights you think we have with rights you think we do not have. How can we tell whether something is right?

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The question of whether people have the

Question 10

What do you think is the strongest argument for the criminalization of recreational drug use? Do you think this argument generalizes to the manufacture and sale of drugs? Why or why not?

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The strongest argument for the criminali

Question 11

Which of the following is an argument for the decriminalization of drug use?

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A)  The Paternalism Argument 
B)  The Social Harm Argument 
C)  The Harm to Others Argument 
D)  None of the above 
A)  The Paternalism Argument 
B)  The Social Harm Argument 
C)  The Harm to Others Argument 
D)  None of the above

Question 12

Explain the difference between drug legalization and drug decriminalization. What is de Marneffe's view on each? Do you think his view is consistent? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

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Drug legalization and drug decriminaliza

Question 13

Preferences are not relevant when they

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A)  are based on purely factual mistakes. 
B)  are unreflectively adopted. 
C)  change rapidly. 
D)  are not the preferences the person prefers to have. 
A)  are based on purely factual mistakes. 
B)  are unreflectively adopted. 
C)  change rapidly. 
D)  are not the preferences the person prefers to have.

Question 14

How does Huemer respond to the claim that drug use harms third parties?

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A)  He claims that we should not prohibit all behavior that harms third parties. 
B)  He allows that certain restrictions should be placed on what one may do while intoxicated. 
C)  He claims that drug use is an exercise of one's natural rights. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  He claims that we should not prohibit all behavior that harms third parties. 
B)  He allows that certain restrictions should be placed on what one may do while intoxicated. 
C)  He claims that drug use is an exercise of one's natural rights. 
D)  All of the above

Question 15

In what ways are alcohol and tobacco similar to other drugs? In what ways are they different? What does de Marneffe's think about the legality of alcohol and tobacco? Do you agree with his position? Why or why not?

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Alcohol and tobacco are similar to other

Question 16

Goodin argues that the government should refrain from paternalistic interference only if the preferences you're acting on have which of these features?

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A)  They are your own. 
B)  They are settled. 
C)  They are relevant. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  They are your own. 
B)  They are settled. 
C)  They are relevant. 
D)  All of the above

Question 17

According to the text, which of the following is true?

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A)  If we settle the question of whether drug use is immoral, we will have also settled the question of whether drug use should be legalized. 
B)  If we settle the question of whether drug manufacture is immoral, we will have also settled the question of whether drug use is immoral. 
C)  If we settle the question of whether drug use should be legal, we will have also settled the question of whether drug manufacture is immoral. 
D)  None of the above 
A)  If we settle the question of whether drug use is immoral, we will have also settled the question of whether drug use should be legalized. 
B)  If we settle the question of whether drug manufacture is immoral, we will have also settled the question of whether drug use is immoral. 
C)  If we settle the question of whether drug use should be legal, we will have also settled the question of whether drug manufacture is immoral. 
D)  None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following might be a source of preferences that were not actually Rose Cipollone's own preferences?

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A)  Subliminal suggestion 
B)  Misleading advertisements 
C)  Pictures of movie stars smoking 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Subliminal suggestion 
B)  Misleading advertisements 
C)  Pictures of movie stars smoking 
D)  All of the above

Question 19

A proponent of the Efficiency Argument for Legalization claims that

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A)  criminal sanctions against drug use are the most efficient means of reducing harm. 
B)  recreational drug use is not the most efficient way to experience personal pleasure. 
C)  criminal sanctions against drug use are not the most efficient means of reducing harm. 
D)  recreational drug use is the most efficient way to experience personal pleasure. 
A)  criminal sanctions against drug use are the most efficient means of reducing harm. 
B)  recreational drug use is not the most efficient way to experience personal pleasure. 
C)  criminal sanctions against drug use are not the most efficient means of reducing harm. 
D)  recreational drug use is the most efficient way to experience personal pleasure.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is used to support the idea that drug use is immoral?

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A)  Drug use wrongfully harms others. 
B)  Drug use is against the law. 
C)  Drug use harms drug users themselves. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Drug use wrongfully harms others. 
B)  Drug use is against the law. 
C)  Drug use harms drug users themselves. 
D)  All of the above

Exam 21: Drugs

De Marneffe maintains that the choice to manufacture or sell drugs

Talk about: -Drug addiction

Those who say that it is society's responsibility to reduce harm and that the most effective way to do so is by criminalizing drug use would likely recommend what policy for the contemporary United States?

Which of the following is an argument for the conclusion that actions are justifiably criminalized only if they are immoral?

Talk about: -Drugs

Talk about: -Tolerance

In your own words, present and defend the Social Harm Argument. In your view, what is the strongest objection someone could raise against the hybrid view advanced by this argument? What is the best response available to a defender of the hybrid view?

Which of the following does Huemer think should be legal?

Do people have the right to use drugs? Do they have the right to manufacture and sell drugs? Explain your answers by contrasting rights you think we have with rights you think we do not have. How can we tell whether something is right?

What do you think is the strongest argument for the criminalization of recreational drug use? Do you think this argument generalizes to the manufacture and sale of drugs? Why or why not?

Which of the following is an argument for the decriminalization of drug use?

Explain the difference between drug legalization and drug decriminalization. What is de Marneffe's view on each? Do you think his view is consistent? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

Preferences are not relevant when they

How does Huemer respond to the claim that drug use harms third parties?

In what ways are alcohol and tobacco similar to other drugs? In what ways are they different? What does de Marneffe's think about the legality of alcohol and tobacco? Do you agree with his position? Why or why not?

Goodin argues that the government should refrain from paternalistic interference only if the preferences you're acting on have which of these features?

According to the text, which of the following is true?

Which of the following might be a source of preferences that were not actually Rose Cipollone's own preferences?

A proponent of the Efficiency Argument for Legalization claims that

Which of the following statements is used to support the idea that drug use is immoral?

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