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Chapter 11 Self Quiz
Feminist Ethics the Ethics of Care
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Throughout most of history, Western philosophers have often
made false and damaging claims about women.
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ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.
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discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
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all of the above
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Feminists often claim that moral theories have traditionally placed too much emphasis on
human dignity.
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compassion.
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justice.
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pleasure.
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The moral theory that takes the mother/child relationship as a basis for ethics is known as
the ethic of care.
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ethical pluralism.
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the ethic of procreation.
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maternalism.
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According to feminist ethics, emotions
are central to moral motivation and moral discovery.
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motivate us to act morally but do not help us to discover how we should act.
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usually distort our views about morality in negative ways.
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are irrelevant to morality.
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Feminist ethicists tend to think that our behavior should be based on
an impartial consideration of the interests of all those who are affected.
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the application of absolute ethical rules.
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a sensitive appreciation of the complexities of a situation.
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According to the text, what is one potential cost to downgrading the moral importance of impartiality?
Without impartiality, we have no moral duties to strangers.
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Impartiality is an important corrective for prejudice and bias.
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Without impartiality, we can’t account for self-regarding duties.
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none of the above (There is no obvious cost.)
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One challenge for feminist ethics is that
some moral rules have exceptions.
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it does not give concrete guidance about how to resolve moral conflicts.
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sometimes it is appropriate to treat men and women differently.
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partiality is sometimes justified.
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Which of the following philosophers believed that women are the moral equals of men?
Aristotle
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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Rousseau
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none of the above
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Which of the following best describes feminist ethics?
It is a particular ethical theory.
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It is a family of ethical theories.
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It is an account of what rights people have.
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It is a psychological theory about gender difference.
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Which of the following carries great moral value, according to the ethics of care?
competition
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abstraction
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partiality
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reason
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