WorksheetsPHIL 230E – Mock Exam #1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In Confucianism, what does Ren mean?
Rituals
Compassion / Humaneness
Authority
Legal rules
According to Confucianism, Li trains which virtue?
Justice
Courage
Ren
Independence
“One source of virtue, not two” means:
Virtue comes from rules only
Virtue comes from feelings only
Virtue comes from within you, not external rules
Virtue comes from your family
Ubuntu’s core idea is:
Everyone survives alone.
I am because we are.
People are naturally selfish.
Morality is math.
Ubuntu says identity is based on:
Wealth
Individual success
Community & relationships
Government laws
A moral patient is:
A being responsible for its actions
A being that can suffer and is morally relevant
A being with no moral value
Only humans
Direct moral consideration means:
We consider a being’s well-being for its own sake
Only because someone else cares about it
Only if it can speak
Only if it reasons like humans
Regan believes animals have rights because:
They are smarter than we think
They are “subjects-of-a-life” with inherent value
They obey rules
They help humans survive
Natural caring is:
Caring from instinct or natural feeling
Caring only when forced
Caring from laws
Caring for strangers only
Motivational displacement means:
Caring only when you get something back
Letting someone else’s needs motivate your actions
Ignoring others’ needs
Caring for yourself first
Resultant luck is:
Luck in outcomes beyond your control
Luck in personality traits
Luck in situations you’re placed in
Luck in genetic makeup
Circumstantial luck is:
Being lucky in outcomes
Luck in situations you face
Luck in how kind you are
Luck in past trauma
Thomson argues the right to life is:
A right to be kept alive
A right to use someone else’s body
A negative right — not to be killed unjustly
A right to be sustained by others
The unconscious violinist case is meant to show:
Killing is always wrong
You must stay plugged in
People are required to sacrifice their bodies
You are not obligated to sustain someone with your body
McMahan argues we can ban private guns if:
People dislike guns
It increases overall security against attacks
Police want fewer guns
Guns look dangerous
