Question 1

Does that fact that McDonald's gave in to public opinion mean that all businesses should do the same? Is there ever a time that a business can tell environmentalists that they will not abide by the regulations or requests? Defend your answers.

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Question 2

Is it a moral right or privilege for human beings to live in a clean environment? Defend your answer.

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Question 3

Three approaches have gained the most attention when it comes to achieving our environmental goals: the use of regulations,incentives,and pricing mechanisms.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Concerning future generations,

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A) all philosophers today reject the idea that future people have rights 
B) utilitarianism dictates a radical reduction in population growth 
C) future people have a right to be born 
D) the social and environmental policies we adopt can affect who is born in the future

Question 5

According to Jeremy Bentham,the question is not whether animals can feel pain,but whether they can talk and reason.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental problems?

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A) It proceeds on a case-by-case basis,dealing with each company's specific circumstances. 
B) It gives companies an incentive to do more than the minimum required by law. 
C) It requires the EPA or other body to determine the most effective,feasible pollution-control technology for each different industry. 
D) It involves the use of pricing mechanisms.

Question 7

Some environmental regulations (like forbidding the burning of coal in cities) benefit each and every one of us because the air we all breather is cleaner.If an individual ignores the regulation and burns coal,while others obey the regulation,then he or she

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A) violates our right to a livable environment. 
B) is being a free rider. 
C) displays an ignorance of ecology. 
D) creates an externality.

Question 8

"Pollution permits" are an example of which of the following methods of achieving our environmental goals?

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A) pricing mechanisms 
B) government subsidies 
C) a laissez-faire approach 
D) regulations

Question 9

According to Holmes Rolston III,

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A) naturalistic ethics ought to be abandoned. 
B) some natural objects are morally considerable in their own right,apart from human interests. 
C) all moral rights are derived from the interests of human beings. 
D) nature has no value apart from human beings.

Question 10

What is the meaning of "ecology"?

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Question 11

According to Joel Feinberg,we can predict various interests of future generations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Advocates of a "naturalistic ethic" believe that penguins are important only because people like them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is a drawback to the regulatory approach?

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A) regulation can take away an industry's incentive to do more than the minimum 
B) regulation is an incentive to an industry to do more than the minimum 
C) regulation does not apply to all equally 
D) does not require polluters to use the strongest most feasible means of pollution control.

Question 14

An ordinary example of an ecosystem is a pond.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An ecosystem

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A) should never be tampered with. 
B) can survive any human intervention. 
C) can be upset by human behavior. 
D) is independent of all other ecosystems.

Question 16

According to Shaw and Barry,utilitarians

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A) focus on human well-being and ignore animal welfare. 
B) oppose animal experimentation in principle. 
C) should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus. 
D) are likely to favor factory farming.

Question 17

The new discipline of "ecological economics" calculates the value of an ecosystem,not in terms of what people are willing to pay for it,but in terms of what it would cost to provide the benefits and services that the ecosystem now furnishes us.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is true of factory farms?

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A) They are smaller these days than they used to be. 
B) The people who run them are brutal. 
C) Contrary to the critics,the animals in them rarely suffer. 
D) They permit the mass production of meat at low prices.

Question 19

Cost-benefit analysis

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A) is influenced by value judgments. 
B) considers only short-term effects. 
C) values costs over benefits. 
D) is a value-free social-scientific approach.

Question 20

Business has considered the environment to be

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A) a scarce commodity. 
B) free and nearly limitless. 
C) a limited supply. 
D) costly.

Exam 7: The Environment

Does that fact that McDonald's gave in to public opinion mean that all businesses should do the same? Is there ever a time that a business can tell environmentalists that they will not abide by the regulations or requests? Defend your answers.

Is it a moral right or privilege for human beings to live in a clean environment? Defend your answer.

Three approaches have gained the most attention when it comes to achieving our environmental goals: the use of regulations,incentives,and pricing mechanisms.

Concerning future generations,

According to Jeremy Bentham,the question is not whether animals can feel pain,but whether they can talk and reason.

Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental problems?

Some environmental regulations (like forbidding the burning of coal in cities) benefit each and every one of us because the air we all breather is cleaner.If an individual ignores the regulation and burns coal,while others obey the regulation,then he or she

"Pollution permits" are an example of which of the following methods of achieving our environmental goals?

According to Holmes Rolston III,

What is the meaning of "ecology"?

According to Joel Feinberg,we can predict various interests of future generations.

Advocates of a "naturalistic ethic" believe that penguins are important only because people like them.

Which of the following is a drawback to the regulatory approach?

An ordinary example of an ecosystem is a pond.

An ecosystem

According to Shaw and Barry,utilitarians

The new discipline of "ecological economics" calculates the value of an ecosystem,not in terms of what people are willing to pay for it,but in terms of what it would cost to provide the benefits and services that the ecosystem now furnishes us.

Which of the following is true of factory farms?

Cost-benefit analysis

Business has considered the environment to be