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Question #1
In the reading material by Darrel Fasching "War and Peace", the main topic of the article is:
A.
It is about how Christianity, Buddhism and Judaism think is the right way of waging a war
B.
To inform the reader about how some religions deal with the ethics of unjust suffering and wars
C.
To inform the reader about what happened in Auschwitz and Hiroshima
D.
It argues the point that all suffering is for a reason and guilty, evil people are punished justly
Question #2
Willis Jenkins in "Future of Ethics: Impoverishment" seems to be concerned mostly about:
A.
The fact that impoverished people tend to have many children and the only answer is to force them to use birth control, which would help economies grow having fewer mouths to feed.
B.
The fact that as economies expand worldwide, they tend to overly consume biological resources and the world's overpopulation may create even greater problems impoverishing billions of people in the future
C.
Climate Change and that Fossil Fuel emission has gone up and has created huge shortages in population growth worldwide
D.
The Capitalistic System of the World's Economy and believes that all economies have stopped growing for the last several hundred years
Question #3
According to the "Just War" Theory, (Reading: Comparative Religious Ethics, Just War) what is the main purpose of waging a "just war"?
A.
To eventually restore peace
B.
"Just war" should be fought not by weapons but by spiritual convictions
C.
To expand country's possessions to provide better living for its citizens
D.
To defeat the enemy at any cost
Question #4
In the Reading: Comparative Religious Ethics, Just War, which activist believed that non-violent resistance was not justified and violence needed to be met with violence?
A.
Malcolm X
B.
Ben Laden
C.
Martin Luther King Jr.
D.
Ghandi
Question #5
In the textbook chapter "Do We Own Ourselves", which political/economic theory is being introduced?
A.
Republicanism
B.
Egalitarianism
C.
Socialism
D.
Libertarianism
Question #6
In the textbook chapter "Do We Own Ourselves", Robert Nozick is introduced as someone who believes in the "minimal government" primarily because:
A.
Government should be actively involved in equal and just distribution of wealth
B.
Maximum Government will be a burden to society, because the taxpayers should have to pay their salaries
C.
It is better for the overall economy
D.
Human Freedom is the most important right and government cannot force people to share their wealth involuntarily
Question #7
Textbook chapter "Do We Own Ourselves" tells us that Robert Nozick thought that overly taxing the rich to help the poor was a form of:
A.
Education to teach every human about the importance of sharing
B.
Slavery, because forcefully taxing people amounts to forcefully putting them to work against their will
C.
Necessary measure to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor
D.
Murder, because people who pay more taxes die young
Question #8
According to the article "Just War", what is the difference in war ethics between Sunni and Shia Islam?
A.
Sunni Islam is more pacifist, but Shia is more war oriented
B.
Sunnis believe in wars for reasons other than self-defense, but Shias mostly adhere to self-defense as the main reason for a just war.
C.
There is no difference, both have the same ethics
D.
Sunni Islam only believes in wars for self-defense, but Shias believe in wars for converting people
Question #9
In the chapter "The Case for Equality" Rawls is introduced as someone who is against meritocracy. Why is Rawls against it?
A.
Because he believes that even free market economy is unjust, because the starting point of competition is still unfair, because the competitors had unequal opportunities from the beginning
B.
Because meritocracy encourages distribution of wealth equally, which is unfair and those with talents are not rewarded enough
C.
Because he believes that only free market society can provide competition and fair progress for the more talented
D.
Because Meritocracy encourages people to seek pleasure only and does not teach them responsibility
Question #10
In the chapter "The Case for Equality" there is a section entitled "An Egalitarian Nightmare". What is the nightmare about?
A.
It talks about someone who saw a dream whereby society was ruled only by the most talented and the less talented were slaves
B.
The Nightmare was about the Minimal Government
C.
It explains that if everyone kept the fruits of her talent to herself, it would be a true nightmare
D.
The author describes a hypothetical situation where everyone is forced to have the same skills and "more talent" is suppressed
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