PHIL 1273 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Answers

PHIL 1273 Exam 2 Questions With
Complete Answers

According to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, we do not need to know about
human nature in order to figure out human flourishing.

a. true
b. false - ANSWER b. false

According to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, every social institution has a
moral purpose - to promote human flourishing in some way.

a. true
b. false - ANSWER a. true

The argument that markets are good because they are necessary for liberty and
the argument that markets are good because they produce good outcomes are
incompatible - they cannot both be (completely) right.

a. true
b. false - ANSWER a. true

The fact that market mechanisms supply us with most of the things we need to
survive means that markets must be good.

a. true
b. false - ANSWER b. false

According to Hausman & McPherson, giving someone cash rather than
something you buy for them with cash maximizes that person's preference
satisfaction.

a. true
b. false - ANSWER a. true

According to Hausman & McPherson, paternalism is never bad.

a. true
b. false - ANSWER b. false