PHI208 Week 1 Quiz 1

The Ring of Gyges gave the shepherd who found it

Student Answer:

 Intelligence

 Invincibility

 Invisibility

 Wisdom

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 2.

Question :

Glaukon seems to think that people are

Student Answer:

 Naturally benevolent

 Naturally pious

 Naturally just

 Naturally egocentric

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 3.

Question :

Glaukon thinks that deep in our hearts we all believe that

Student Answer:

 Injustice is more profitable than justice.

 We will have a clearer conscience if we always stick to the laws of justice.

 To be unjust is to be a fool.

 Both B and C.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 4.

Question :

What is palliative care?

Student Answer:

 Treatments that relieve suffering for people in life threatening situations that allow them to live their lives to the fullest.

 Treatments that are only provided in Canada.

 Treatments that heal people when they face life-threatening illnesses.

 Treatments that involve painful processes that help to kill cancer and other diseases.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the video “Dying for Care: Quality Palliative and End of Life Care in Canada”

Question 5.

Question :

Rachels claims that when infants with Down’s syndrome are denied necessary operations, this is typically because:

Student Answer:

 the infants have Down’s syndrome.

 the surgery would be too expensive.

 the surgery would be too risky.

 all of the above.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

Question 6.

Question :

In 2003, how many people died in Canada, according to the video “Dying for Care: Quality Palliative and End of Life Care in Canada”?

Student Answer:

 350,000

 2.2 million

 750,000

 226,000

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the video “Dying for Care: Quality Palliative and End of Life Care in Canada”

Question 7.

Question :

If the Ring of Gyges really existed,

Student Answer:

 Just people would use it for justice.

 Just people would not use it at all.

 Unjust people would use it differently than just people.

 Everyone would use it the same.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 8.

Question :

Midgely concludes that

Student Answer:

 If we accept a value in another culture, we can still reject that value in our culture.

 If we accept a value in another culture, we must accept that value in our culture.

 If we reject a value in another culture, we must reject that value in our culture.

 B and C.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found on p. 73 of “Trying Out One’s New Sword”

Question 9.

Question :

The conventional doctrine is endorsed by:

Student Answer:

 Rachels.

 the American Medical Association.

 both a and b.

 neither a nor b.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

Question 10.

Question :

According to Glaukon, justice is based on

Student Answer:

 Mutually advantageous agreements among people.

 The laws of God.

 Natural goodwill among people.

 The will of the powerful.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 11.

Question :

According to Rachels, active euthanasia involves:

Student Answer:

 the intentional termination of one’s life by another person, to relieve pain and suffering.

 ceasing to use “extraordinary means” to prolong someone’s life.

 intentionally causing a patient’s death, against the patient’s wishes.

 the refusal to treat a patient to avoid incurring unnecessary costs.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

Question 12.

Question :

Why is it hard for physicians to understand palliative care?

Student Answer:

 They do not care about their patients enough.

 They are well-educated in palliative care.

 They did not pay attention in medical school.

 They are focused on healing rather than helping die.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the video “Dying for Care: Quality Palliative and End of Life Care in Canada”

Question 13.

Question :

Glaukon begins by claiming that “those who practice justice” do so

Student Answer:

 Because they know it is the right thing to do.

 Because they are compelled by their conscience.

 Because they are incapable of doing otherwise.

 Because all of the parts of their character are harmoniously oriented toward the good.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 14.

Question :

According to Midgely, moral isolationism leads to

Student Answer:

 Immorality

 Moralizing

 Immoralism

 Moral skepticism

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found on p. 71 of “Trying Out One’s New Sword”

Question 15.

Question :

According to Midgley, moral isolationism

Student Answer:

 Is a “perverse indulgence of the self-righteous.”

 Is based on skeptical diagnosis.

 Stems from concerns about hypocrisy.

 Justifies immorality.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found on p. 72 of “Trying Out One’s New Sword”

Question 16.

Question :

Rachels argues that the conventional doctrine:

Student Answer:

 is self-evidently correct.

 is not what most people believe, but can be supported by strong arguments.

 leads to decisions concerning life and death made on morally irrelevant grounds.

 leads to patients being euthanized against their will.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

Question 17.

Question :

Midgley analyzes the position that each society is a separate culture with its own values. This position is known as

Student Answer:

 Moral relativism

 Moral isolationism

 Moral structuralism

 Moral voluntarism

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found on p. 69 of “Trying Out One’s New Sword”

Question 18.

Question :

James Rachels points out that when passive euthanasia is employed on infants, they typically die of:

Student Answer:

 poisoning.

 SARS.

 suffocation.

 dehydration and infection.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

Question 19.

Question :

In the excerpt from Plato’s Republic, Glaukon suggests that people are good

Student Answer:

 only because they are powerless to commit injustice and get away with it.

 because their conscience tells them to be.

 out of reverence for the law.

 because living justly is objectively the best sort of life.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.

Question 20.

Question :

If Glaukon is correct, then justice

Student Answer:

 is valuable in its own right.

 is always more beneficial than injustice.

 has value only relative to its usefulness to the individual.

 has value only relative particular cultures.

Instructor Explanation:

The answer can be found in “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic.