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According to psychological egoism people
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| a. Act in ways that are harmful to them. | ||
| b. Often act against their own self interests. | ||
| c. Act in the way they perceive to be best for them. | ||
| d. Act out of deep subconscious needs. |
In the story questioning Lincoln's ability to be selfless, Lincoln
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| a. Talked to the family of a fallen soldier. | ||
| b. Rescued a pig. | ||
| c. Entered the fight about Texas' right to become a slave state. | ||
| d. Ignored a person in need. |
For psychological egoism to be valid, we must show people
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| a. Act with an aim of achieving self-satisfaction. | ||
| b. Get self-satisfaction from their actions. | ||
| c. Use others in selfish ways. | ||
| d. Need to make other people happy |
According to individual ethical egoism one should
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| a. Ignore the needs of others. | ||
| b. Help others to help themselves. | ||
| c. Do what is in one's self interest. | ||
| d. Do what makes one happy at the moment. |
All of the following are used to evaluate ethical egoism except
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| a. Grounding in Psychological egoism. | ||
| b. Consistency and coherence. | ||
| c. Conformity to commonsense morality. | ||
| d. Effectiveness in satisfying individual interest. |
According to the text, approximately how many people have leaped to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge?
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| a. 400 | ||
| b. 800 | ||
| c. 1300 | ||
| d. 2400 |
MacKinnon used the example of the Environmental Protection Agency to illustrate which of the following?
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| a. The complexity of calculating morality using a cost-benefit analysis. | ||
| b. How to regulate construction standards of industrial buildings. | ||
| c. The morality of living in suburbia. | ||
| d. The cost of building buses compared to building trains. |
Which of the following was not one of the founders of utilitarianism?
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| a. James Mill | ||
| b. Jeremy Bentham | ||
| c. John Stuart Mill | ||
| d. Rene Descartes |
According to utilitarianism which of the following is an intrinsic good?
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| a. Love | ||
| b. Justice | ||
| c. Pleasure | ||
| d. Power |
Which of the following is not included in calculating the amount of happiness?
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| a. Cost | ||
| b. Intensity | ||
| c. Likelihood | ||
| d. Duration |
The illustration in the beginning of chapter five suggests using humans as "guinea pigs" was immoral because
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| a. The experiment was performed on African-American men. | ||
| b. The experiment was unsuccessful and a lot of people were hurt. | ||
| c. The persons in the experiment had not consented to the study. | ||
| d. People should never be used for scientific research. |
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According to individual ethical egoism one should
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c. Do what is in one's self interest.
All of the following are used to evaluate ethical egoism except
Choose one answer.
c. Conformity to commonsense morality. ...
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