Ethics and Moral Reasoning

Informal Logic

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Were able to create a community of intellectual life and racial sympathy None of the above Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in “Of the Sons of Master and Man” by W.E.b. DuBois . Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 15.Question : This is the movement of the prisoner. Student Answer: Shackled, set free, dragged out of the cave, sees the sun Set free, sees the fire, shackled, walks out of the cave, sees the sun, goes back into the cave Shackled, set free, sees the fire, dragged out of the cave, sees the sun, goes back into the cave Set free, sees the sun, dragged out of the cave, sees the fire, goes back into the cave None of the above Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the reading from Book VII of Plato’s Republic. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 16.Question : Fallibility is the idea that: Student Answer: Our beliefs might be wrong Our beliefs are subject to revision Our beliefs are held without evidence a and b a and c Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found from the “Open-Minded Inquiry” page found here: http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/open-minded-inquiry/579 Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 17.Question : In the dialogue, Socrates claims that one must be removed from this in order to grasp the higher intellectual virtues: Student Answer: Truth Honor Diversion Sensual pleasure All of the above Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the reading from Book VII of Plato’s Republic. Points Received: 1 of 1 Question 18.Question : Although Marquis had been working on research for a year, he listened to the other people at his company as they presented different conclusions after his presentation and examined their ideas in the hope of finding out new information.  Marquis displayed which intellectual virtue? Student Answer: Faith Courage Empathy Fair-mindedness Perseverance Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found from the “Valuable Intellectual Traits” page found here: http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/valuable-intellectual-traits/528 Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 19.Question : The sun in Plato’s allegory is Student Answer: The source of truth The idea of the good The source of reason The parent of light All of the above Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the reading from Book VII of Plato’s Republic. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 20.Question : When making inferences, it is important to: Student Answer: Infer things that extend beyond experience and evidence Rationalize inferences that contradict one another Identify assumptions that lead to the inferences All of the above None of the above

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Comments: Question 1 4. Question : Foot deﬁnes a negative duty as: Student Answer: a duty to provide a good or service. a duty to refrain from providing a good or service. a duty to interfere. a duty not to interfere. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the article “Killing and Letting Die” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 1 5. Question : According to Foot, the violation of a negative duty involves: Student Answer: initiating a new sequence of harm. failing to prevent an existing sequence of harm. both a and b. neither a nor b. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the article “Killing and Letting Die” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: 1. Question : Richard Epstein claims that moral imperative of any person who runs a hospital in the United States is Student Answer: One should always treat patients like customers. One should never allow an ICU bed to be empty. One should never help a patient end his or her life. One should weigh the beneﬁts of treatment versus the costs to society. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the video “End of Life Care: Who Gets Booted from the ICU?” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : In which country in the videos is it legal to commit assisted suicide? Student Answer: Canada Mexico Germany Switzerland Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the video “Right to Die, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia Part 1 5” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 3. Question : Richard Epstein claims which of the following about treatment of people in medical facilities Student Answer: All people have the right to as much medical care as possible. Medical dollars should be transferred to private organizations. People should not receive treatment when the costs outweigh the beneﬁts. Hospitals have little interest in keeping ICU beds ﬁlled. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the video “End of Life Care: Who Gets Booted from the ICU?” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 4. 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” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 5. 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” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 6. Question : In 2003, how many people died in Canada? Student Answer: 350,000 2.2 million 750,000

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