A.   philosophical

B.   sociological

C.   psychological

D.   political

A.   they do not violate any agreements.

B.   they are permitted by rules that free, equal, and rational people would agree to live by.

C.   they do not violate anyone’s rights.

D.   everyone agrees that they are right.

A.   there is no possible action that does not break the law.

B.   all people benefit if all people refrain from pursuing their short-term interests.

C.   every possible course of action ends up harming everyone.

D.   all people benefit if all people pursue their short-term interests.

A.   Immanuel Kant.

B.   John Stuart Mill.

C.   Thomas Hobbes.

D.   Aristotle.

A.   remind us of how much we don’t know.

B.   prevent people from invading one another’s privacy.

C.   prevent the immoral behavior that often results from higher education.

D.   ensure that the choices of the contractors are fair.

A.   all of the laws are easy to understand.

B.   no one ever breaks one’s agreements.

C.   there is no government.

D.   there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.

A.   we have explicitly consented to do so.

B.   doing so is commanded by God.

C.   doing so maximizes overall utility.

D.   we have tacitly consented to do so.

A.   have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.

B.   be selfish.

C.   be selfish, be unconcerned with the well-being of others, and have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.

D.   be unconcerned with the well-being of others.

A.   What would benefit me most?

B.   What kinds of things are intrinsically good?

C.   What is the right thing to do?

D.   What kind of person should I be?

A.   John Stuart Mill.

B.   Aristotle.

C.   W. D. Ross.

D.   Immanuel Kant.

A.   they would be performed by a virtuous person.

B.   there are good reasons to perform them.

C.   they benefit everyone and harm no one.

D.   there are good reasons to perform them, they benefit everyone and harm no one, and they would be performed by a virtuous person.

A.   tend to make us violate our duties.

B.   play a crucial role in moral understanding.

C.   are irrelevant to morality.

D.   would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.

A.   is inborn.

B.   must be acquired through training and is guaranteed to make us happy.

C.   is guaranteed to make us happy.

D.   must be acquired through training.

A.   discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.

B.   made false and damaging claims about women

C.   ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.

D.   made false and damaging claims about women, ignored female perspectives on ethical issues, and discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.

A.   men and women should always be treated the same, the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality, and there are no innate differences between men and women.

B.   there are no innate differences between men and women.

C.   men and women should always be treated the same.

D.   the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality.

A.   the importance of dependence and connectedness to others

B.   the importance of vulnerability, the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life, and the importance of dependence and connectedness to others

C.   the importance of vulnerability

D.   the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life

A.   the ethic of procreation.

B.   maternalism.

C.   ethical pluralism.

D.   the ethic of care.

A.   all women share a common approach to morality.

B.   women tend to respond to moral conflict differently from men.

C.   women are innately more compassionate than men.

D.   men tend to be more morally developed than women.

A.   pleasure.

B.   virtue.

C.   eudaimonia.

D.   continence.