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WHY DO GOOD PRE-QUIZ 1 attempt 2


PCOQ01

  • Due Jul 19 at 11:59am
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  • Points 100
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  • Questions 20
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  • Available until Jul 19 at 11:59am
  • Time Limit None
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  • Allowed Attempts 3

Instructions

You are given 3 attempts for this Pre-Course Quiz (PCOQ). Only the highest score among the 3 attempts will be kept. You will need to pass this quiz by scoring at least 60/100 before you can commence the course.

Attempt History

AttemptTimeScore
KEPTAttempt 228 minutes65 out of 100
LATESTAttempt 228 minutes65 out of 100
Attempt 157 minutes50 out of 100
 Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this attempt: 65 out of 100
Submitted Jul 16 at 12:47am
This attempt took 28 minutes.
 
Question 1
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Which of the following assumptions must be correct for Kant?
  
 
 
 
 
IncorrectQuestion 2
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In Garret Hardin’s lifeboat ethics, the tragedy of the commons occurs because
  
  
  
  
 
IncorrectQuestion 3
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Which of the following is not feasible in preventing a tragedy of the commons from occurring?
  
  
  
  
 
Question 4
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Lying is morally impermissible for Kant because
  
  
  
  
 
Question 5
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If I want to get a good job, I need to study hard. In doing so, I am following a
  
  
  
  
 
Question 6
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Which option best describes what moral reasoning is?
  
 
  
  
 
Question 7
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Which of the following is not a criticism of utilitarianism?
 
  
  
  
 
IncorrectQuestion 8
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Which of the following is not a necessary feature of effective altruism?
  
  
  
  
 
Question 9
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Human beings are beings in their own ends when they
  
  
  
  
 
Question 10
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Which of the following is not a criticism of Kant’s deontological ethics?
(i) Kant’s ethics lack specific content about what people should do.
(ii) Kant’s ethics does not help resolve conflicts between duties.
(iii) Kant’s ethics finds moral worth in acts that are done from duty only.
(iv) Kant’s ethics finds no moral worth in acts arising from emotions such as compassion and sympathy.
  
  
  
  
 
Question 11
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Which statement best describes utilitarianism?
  
  
  
  
 
Question 12
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A service-learning group member decides to withdraw from the project after 3-months. If you are a deontological ethicist, you would judge his action as right or wrong based on
  
  
  
  
 
Question 13
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Kant will consider a cheerful philanthropist to lack moral worth because
  
  
  
  
 
IncorrectQuestion 14
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For Kant, how does one determine if an act follows from a moral law?
 
 
 
 
 
Question 15
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Jeremy Bentham’s felicifus calculus is meant to
  
  
  
  
 
Question 16
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Which of the following statements are correct for utilitarianism?
(i) Pain and pleasure must be measurable.
(ii) Humans seek to maximize pleasure and minimize pain.
(iii) Pain and pleasure are subjective.
(iv) Individuals should maximize their own happiness or pleasure.
  
  
  
  
 
IncorrectQuestion 17
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Peter Singer believed that we should not view our moral obligations as acts of duty distinct from acts of charity because
(i) it creates a moral difference between needy people that are near us and those who are further away.
(ii) it creates a moral difference in our moral obligations to needy people.
(iii) it creates a moral difference between those who perform their moral obligations from the basis of duty and the basis of charity.
(iv) it creates a moral difference in how we view needs.
  
  
  
  
 
Question 18
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Which option is not a feature of moral dilemmas?
 
  
  
  
 
IncorrectQuestion 19
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Which of the following features of a developing society will the arguments against providing aid raised by Dambisa Moya and Angus Deaton not apply?
  
  
  
  
 
IncorrectQuestion 20
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Which option is the most accurate?
  
  
  
  
Quiz Score: 65 out of 100

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