Ethics Final
Philosophy 12: Final Exam Study Guide Fall 2019
Short Answer (quiz length):
1. How do second and third wave feminists view the nature of the self? How do these views apply to the feminist idea that men and women should be treated equally? What examples illustrate these views? What counter-examples are there to these views?
2. Explain Thomson’s Famous Violinist thought experiment. What is Thomson trying to prove? What reasons are there to agree or disagree with Thomson’s conclusion?
3. Imagine that you were arguing before the Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case? Would you argue for or against the cakeshop? What arguments would you make?
4. Examine the issue of whether or not Herbalife is a fraud. What are the arguments on both sides of the issue? In your opinion, is it a fraud? Do you think Herbalife will collapse? Why or why not?
Short Short Answer (one or two sentences):
1. What is the Kantian ethical subject?
2. What is the difference between second and third wave feminism?
3. How would a second wave feminist envision a fair society?
4. What is the WAW effect?
5. What is Baumeister’s objection to the feminist view that men control society?
6. What is Thomson’s Giant Expanding Baby thought experiment trying to show?
7. What is the quickening?
8. What is the difference between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning?
9. What is the slippery slope argument against cloning?
10. What is xenotransplantation?
11. What is genoism?
12. According to the Williams Institute, what percentage of the U.S. is gay, lesbian, or bisexual?
13. What is the Masterpiece Cakeshop case?
14. What is the literal definition of euthanasia?
15. What is the difference between active and passive euthanasia?
16. What is California’s End of Life Option Act?
17. What is the Final Exit Network?
18. In what way could euthanasia lead to a slippery slope?
19. Name three areas of concern within business ethics?
Format: 4 short answer questions (10 pts each), 12 short short answer questions (5 pts each), 100 pts total.