Question 1

Most people hold that violence is:

Accepted Answer

A) neither right nor wrong. 
B) unfortunate but not evil. 
C) prima facie right. 
D) prima facie wrong. 
A) neither right nor wrong. 
B) unfortunate but not evil. 
C) prima facie right. 
D) prima facie wrong.

Question 2

Suppose you are an immunity theorist,and you hear that an attack by American soldiers on a group of twenty ruthless terrorists has resulted in the death not only of the terrorists but also of one noncombatant woman.As an immunity theorist you would judge this action to be:

Accepted Answer

A) permissible. 
B) impermissible. 
C) justified but regrettable. 
D) justified only because so many terrorists were killed. 
A) permissible. 
B) impermissible. 
C) justified but regrettable. 
D) justified only because so many terrorists were killed.

Question 3

In 2008 in Mumbai,India,Pakistan-based militants killed 174 people in a shooting rampage.The philosopher Haig Khatchadourian would judge this terrorist act to be:

Accepted Answer

A) justified in light of India's record on human rights. 
B) justified because of the motives of the terrorists. 
C) morally right. 
D) morally wrong. 
A) justified in light of India's record on human rights. 
B) justified because of the motives of the terrorists. 
C) morally right. 
D) morally wrong.

Question 4

The view that moral standards are not applicable to war and that it must be judged only on how well it serves state interests is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) cynicism. 
B) just war theory. 
C) realism. 
D) pacifism. 
A) cynicism. 
B) just war theory. 
C) realism. 
D) pacifism.

Most people hold that violence is:

Suppose you are an immunity theorist,and you hear that an attack by American soldiers on a group of twenty ruthless terrorists has resulted in the death not only of the terrorists but also of one noncombatant woman.As an immunity theorist you would judge this action to be:

In 2008 in Mumbai,India,Pakistan-based militants killed 174 people in a shooting rampage.The philosopher Haig Khatchadourian would judge this terrorist act to be:

The view that moral standards are not applicable to war and that it must be judged only on how well it serves state interests is known as:

Ethics and the Examined Life

Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism

Evaluating Moral Arguments

The Power of Moral Theories

Consequentialist Theories: Maximize the Good

Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty

Virtue Ethics: Be A Good Person

Abortion

Altering Genes and Cloning Humans

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Capital Punishment

Drug Use, Harm, and Personal Liberty

Sexual Morality

Same-Sex Marriage

Environmental Ethics

Animal Rights

Equality and Affirmative Action

Global Economic Justice

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Exam 17: Political Violence: War, Terrorism, and Torture

Most people hold that violence is:

Suppose you are an immunity theorist,and you hear that an attack by American soldiers on a group of twenty ruthless terrorists has resulted in the death not only of the terrorists but also of one noncombatant woman.As an immunity theorist you would judge this action to be:

In 2008 in Mumbai,India,Pakistan-based militants killed 174 people in a shooting rampage.The philosopher Haig Khatchadourian would judge this terrorist act to be:

The view that moral standards are not applicable to war and that it must be judged only on how well it serves state interests is known as:

Ethics and the Examined Life

Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism

Evaluating Moral Arguments

The Power of Moral Theories

Consequentialist Theories: Maximize the Good

Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty

Virtue Ethics: Be A Good Person

Abortion

Altering Genes and Cloning Humans

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Capital Punishment

Drug Use, Harm, and Personal Liberty

Sexual Morality

Same-Sex Marriage

Environmental Ethics

Animal Rights

Equality and Affirmative Action

Global Economic Justice

Filters