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Chapter 9 Self-Quiz
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According to the text, which of the following groups is not straightforwardly innocent?
politicians who support wrongful oppression
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victims of terrorists who imagine a deep grievance that has no foundation in reality
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citizens who protest oppressive practices
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children in countries that practices oppressive practices
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A __________ can never qualify as an act of terrorism.
bombing
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chemical weapon attack
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political assassination
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none of the above
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According to the __________, it is never morally permissible to engage in terrorism.
War-Terrorism Argument
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Argument from Disaster Prevention
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Absolutist Argument
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Argument from Irrationality
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Which of the following is a consequentialist argument?
the Ineffectiveness Argument
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the Slippery Slope Argument
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the Argument from Disaster Prevention
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all of the above
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Which of the following theories has trouble making sense of an absolute ban on terrorism?
Kantian ethics
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consequentialism
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virtue ethics
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contractarianism
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According to the Argument from Disaster Prevention,
there are no absolute moral rules.
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we are permitted to break absolute moral rules.
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terrorism is always morally wrong.
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terrorism is morally wrong because it is impossible for it to prevent a disaster.
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Defenders of an absolute ban on terrorism often deny that terrorism
can advance a group's political goals.
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involves killing innocents.
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is truly morally wrong in every possible scenario.
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can ever be an effective means of achieving morally good goals.
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Which of the following is a premise in the Slippery Slope Argument?
There is always an alternative to terrorism that will bring about a better result.
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It is rarely permissible to intend to violently harm innocent people.
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If an action sets a dangerous precedent that is likely to lead to terrible long-term consequences, then it is immoral.
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If there are any absolute moral rules, then we are never permitted to break them.
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A key premise in an argument against an absolute ban on terrorism is that if perfect obedience to a rule can frustrate the underlying purpose of the rule, then that rule is
immoral.
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irrational.
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virtuous.
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impractical.
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Which of the following argument forms is reflected by the War-Terrorism Argument?
slippery slope argument
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reductio ad absurdum argument
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argument from analogy
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none of the above
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