Chapter 7 Self-Quiz

. Baier says some philosophers think that justice is

not a social value.

synonymous with care.

only one virtue among many.

unnecessary.

. Baier insists that the best moral theory has to be a product of women and

subjective concerns.

feminist virtues.

men.

moral authorities.

. According to Jaggar, feminist approaches to ethics are distinguished by an explicit commitment to

Kantian theory.

correcting male biases.

adopting absolutist principles.

establishing the ethics of care.

. According to Held, virtue ethics emphasizes the character of individuals, but the ethics of care focuses more on

nurturing connectedness among people.

an ethic of justice.

Kantian values.

utilitarian concerns.

. Baier asserts that there is little disagreement that justice is

a perverse perspective.

harmful to women.

an outmoded concern.

a social value.

. Baier says that the best moral theory must

downplay justice.

see justice as part of the problem.

discount female insights.

harmonize justice and care.

. Feminist ethics is defined by

a set of doctrines or common ideology among feminists.

a distinctive focus on women's issues.

a distinctive focus on traditional ethical concepts.

radical philosophy.

. Many feminists think that the familiar principles of Western ethics—autonomy, utility, freedom, equality, and the like—are

too broad and abstract to help us make moral judgments about specific persons who are enmeshed in concrete social situations.

too narrowly focused on the distinctive needs of upper-class women.

too broad and incoherent to help us make moral judgments.

outmoded concepts.

. Kant would probably judge the ethics of care to be

essential to moral theories.

difficult to understand.

wrong-headed.

an implication of his own theory.

. Many feminist writers maintain that the values and virtues inherent in most traditional moral theories reflect a(n)

typically female perspective.

openness to an ethic of compromise.

worthless tradition.

typically masculine perspective.

. The values of interdependence, community, connection, sharing, emotion, body, trust, absence of hierarchy, nature, immanence, process, joy, peace, and life are supposedly

masculine values.

not present in the real world.

feminine or female-associated values.

values of contemporary society.

. Some proponents of feminist ethics reject the traditional concept of

compassion.

the moral agent.

moral virtue.

social ties.

. The notion that men and women have dramatically different styles of moral decision-making was highlighted in research done by

Annette Baier.

Alison Jaggar.

Virginia Held.

Carol Gilligan.

. Baier says that the best moral theory must be a cooperative product of women and men.

True

False

. Most moral theories emphasize duties and downplay the role of emotions, attitudes, and motivations.

True

False

. The ethics of care shifts the focus of moral theories to the unique demands of specific situations and virtues.

True

False

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