Exam 12: Moral,legal,and Aesthetic Reasoning

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.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value;or no value at all. The Rosens' wedding ceremony was the loveliest one I've ever seen.

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 watches a viewer-supported public television station,but she does not make contributions to it.

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. Rostropovich's virtuosity on the cello sends waves of delight up and down my spine.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value;or no value at all. Morgan should have paid the fine on time.

Given the following position on abortion,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. Abortion should not be allowed.Whether abortion is done for the woman's convenience,health,or other reasons,the fact remains that taking a life is wrong.No number of good consequences can alter that fact.

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 criticizes the Japanese for killing and eating whales,but she eats beef.

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 leaves large tips at a posh restaurant,where meals are quite expensive,but she leaves much smaller tips at another,much plainer and less expensive restaurant,even though the service is as good and the waiters work just as hard.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value;or no value at all. His whole lecture was boring.

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.

Identify the moral perspective at work here: At the supermarket,Vickie just ran her cart into a display of jars with jams and preserves,and now the aisle is full of broken glass and jam.She feels like leaving the store as quickly as possible.Is that an acceptable course of action? No,it isn't;people like us believe that it's wrong to let others clean up the mess we've made.Maybe if she lived in some other kind of place it'd be OK,but not here.

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. The company that Marina owns allows the secretarial staff to accumulate one vacation day per month,but managers at the company accumulate 1.5 days per month.

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. At election time,Marina votes for the candidate she thinks will do the best job-in every election except one.In that race,she votes for her second choice,because she is certain that the best person for the job has no chance of winning and that her second choice is still better than any of the rest of the candidates.

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. As Mimi sang her last aria,the audience was submerged in sadness.

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. Mortimer did the right thing when he decided to start a regular deduction from his paycheck on behalf of the United Way.

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 offers her daughter's fiancé a job in the company she owns,but it never occurs to her to do the same for her son's fiancée.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value;or no value at all. Allison's necklace is very old.

State whether the following item expresses moral value or nonmoral value;or no value at all. The judge's decision was the right one,and everybody got just what they deserved.

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.

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. Active euthanasia should be allowed.However,one would have to be very specific about stating the circumstances under which one might allow it.In that case,with circumstances strictly identified,it would be possible to imagine it to be a universal law that everyone under these specific circumstances could be allowed access to euthanasia.