PHI 208 Quiz (100% correct solution)

In Held’s article, a thinker named Annette Baier claims that the history of Western ethical thought does not take into account feminine aspects because (Points : 1)       The great moral theorists were men who had little intimate interaction with women.
       The great moral theorists were often loving husbands.
       The great moral theorists hated women.
       The great moral theorists

Question 2.2. What does Noddings say about male versus female language when opposing war? (Points : 1)

       Women are more likely to become emotional rather than rational when discussing such matters
       Women and men use approximately the same types of language when discussing the horror of death
       Men are more likely to speak in the abstract about violence; women are more likely to refer to their own hands on in helping victims of violence
       Women feel that language is irrelevant; it is actions that count

Question 3.3. According to Colin Stokes, in this film all the heroic, wise, and villainous characters are female (Points : 1)

       The Little Mermaid
       Star Wars
       The Wizard of Oz
       Les Miserables

Question 4.4. Gilligan claims that females tend to see relationships as these (Points : 1)

       hierarchies
       webs
       rules
       duties

Question 5.5. This product was pulled from Abercrombie and Fitch stores based on protests through a blog (Points : 1)

       lingerie
       deep V-neck t-shirts
       padded swimsuit tops for toddlers
       yoga pants

Question 6.6. In Gilligan’s example, the child named Amy focuses on this aspect of the Heinz dilemma (Points : 1)

       the logical nature of the problem
       a utilitarian calculus that weighs the options
       Kohlberg’s theory of moral development
       the relationships involved in the dilemma

Question 7.7. This is the name of the female goddess to which young girls are dedicated and then forced into prostitution in India (Points : 1)

       Vishnu
       Krishna
       Lakshmi
       Yellamma

Question 8.8. What does Nel Noddings say about rates of violent crime among men and women? (Points : 1)

       Men are naturally much more violence prone than women
       Women commit nearly as much crime as men do; gender differences here are illusory
       Men can be socialized not to commit crime, as seen in many eastern societies
       There has been no clearly demonstrated relation between gender and crime rates

Question 9.9. What, according to Noddings, do male philosophers tend to say about death (as opposed to women)? (Points : 1)

       Men are more brave in the face of death than women because of their natural courageousness
       Death tends to be harder on men due to their attachments to the glory of this world
       Women are more able to allow their faith in the afterlife overcome their aversion to death
       Male philosophers often talk as though the world or reason and abstraction is superior to the physical world of the body

Question 10.10. According to Held, the following have been aligned with femininity in the history of Western thought (Points : 1)

       emotion
       weakness
       passion
       all of the above

Question 11.11. Which answer best describes Noddings’s statements about how mothers frequently to feel about losing their children in war? (Points : 1)

       Mothers rest assured that the deaths of their children was fully justified by the good they did in the war
       Mothers often allow their desire to demonstrate patriotism to override their natural opposition to war and the death of their children
       Mothers universally oppose war and the death of children that it inevitably brings
       Mothers are generally more enthusiastic for war than anyone else because they know it will make the world safer for future generations

Question 12.12. According to Caroline Heldman, which of the following is a question that applies to her sexual object test? (Points : 1)

       Does the image show people having sex?
       Does the image show a person as something that can be bought or sold?
       Does the image display a full image of a woman?
       Does the image display violence against people in the image?

Question 13.13. Held claims that this abstract concept has guided the development of Western ethics (Points : 1)

       The man of reason
       The feminist woman
       The child of love
       The mother of care

Question 14.14. According to psychiatric studies, which of the following has been discovered about the relationship between criminal violence and childhood abuse? (Points : 1)

       Criminal violence follows childhood abuse equally in males and females
       Women are more likely to commit criminal violence if the childhood abuse was at a younger age
       When criminal violence follows childhood abuse it is almost always in males
       No correlation has been found at all between criminal violence and childhood abuse

Question 15.15. Feminist ethics is based around which of the following ideas (Points : 1)

       That abstract universal principles can be applied to most situations to find the best action.
       That maximizing something like happiness or pleasure is the best way to guide action.
       That emotions can be cultivated and ought to be taken into account in ethical theory.
       That all humans are autonomous individuals who battle for resources.

Question 16.16. What does Noddings say about women’s feelings about the death of the body? (Points : 1)

       Women, more than anyone, just want to know that the soul of their child has gone to heaven
       Women know the preciousness of the body because they create them and care for them
       Women are happy not to have to deal with the messiness of dead bodies
       Men tend to be more sensitive to the death of the body since they are the ones that have to risk their own lives in war

Question 17.17. This is the name for prostitutes in India who have been dedicated to a female goddess (Points : 1)

       Hindus
       Hiermala
       Devadasi
       Sangli

Question 18.18. This is the name of being aware of one’s appearance in relation to position, light, who is watching, etc. (Points : 1)

       habitual body monitoring
       self-awareness
       anorexia
       depression

Question 19.19. How have historians tended to treat typically male tendencies versus typically female tendencies? (Points : 1)

       Historians value female tendencies more highly because it is childbearing and childrearing that enable the group to survive
       Female traditions have been emphasized because they reflect keep aesthetic refinement and sophistication
       Male tendencies, like mathematics, warfare, and even singing have been prized more highly
       No correlation has been found at all between criminal violence and childhood abuse

Question 20.20. Which of the following are question in the Bechdel test (Points : 1)

       Is there more than one female character?
       Do they speak to each other?
       When they speak to each other, do they talk about something other than a man?
       all of the above

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