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Voices of Wisdom A Multicultural Philosophy Reader 8th Edition Kessler Test Bank Download
Voices of Wisdom A Multicultural Philosophy Reader 8th Edition Kessler Test Bank Download
Voices of Wisdom A Multicultural Philosophy Reader 8th Edition Kessler Test Bank Download
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The fact that "someone will always be unhappy" with decisions made concerning social or legal issues
means
a. it is impossible to attain a just state.
b. we may need to determine just policies on grounds other than happiness.
c. justice has nothing to do with happiness.
d. humans are not, at heart, social creatures.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 228
5. Refusing to start a business with a person of another race because you don't think members of that
racial group are honest is an example of
a. individual racism.
b. institutional racism.
c. common sense.
d. a personal preference.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 229
6. If hooks' thesis is correct, then
a. white women are as effective as white men in perpetrating white racial imperialism.
b. black women can be assured that white women will be committed to eradicating racial
imperialism.
c. racism in America is clearly understood by other liberating movements such as feminism.
d. racism in America is perpetrated through liberating movements such as feminism.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 231
11. West claims that every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two
fundamental realities:
a. disillusion and rejection.
b. fear and loathing.
c. poverty and paranoia.
d. hopelessness and boredom.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 236
12. Patriarchy is
a. the rule of the father over the son.
b. an enforced belief in male dominance and control.
c. almost non-existent in the United States.
d. the rule of the father over the mother.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 238
13. According to Pharr, what is one great controller in racism and sexism?
a. the police
b. the government
c. economics
d. religion
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 238
14. Which of the following is not an "underappreciated fact" about illegal migrant workers according to
Williams?
a. American companies recruit illegal migrant workers
b. Illegal migrant workers actually make the same amount of money as American workers.
c. Illegal migrant workers have contribute to American economic expansion.
d. Illegal migrant workers suffer from economic poverty in their own countries.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 244
16. Which of the following statements is not one that Williams gives as a possible objection to his
argument
a. Giving legal residency to illegal immigrants implies that their spouses and children should
also be given legal residency.
b. Giving legal residency to illegal immigrants implies that we should also give legal
residency to foreign workers in sweatshops.
c. Giving legal residency to illegal immigrants implies that the only relevant consideration
for residency is economic contributions.
d. Giving legal residency to illegal immigrants implies that American companies will stop
recruiting illegal workers in poor countries.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 249-252
17. According to Singer, which of the following facts could be used to criticize the idea that political
leaders should take the interests of others, besides their citizens, into consideration?
a. All countries have similar resources.
b. Feudalism could return.
c. Leaders have a special duty to protect their citizens' interest.
d. Terrorists want a world government.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 256
20. Singer argues that a major problem with the work of Rawls is that
a. it is only concerned with justice within a society.
b. it does not consider environmental issues.
c. it uses Marxism as the basis for a just society.
d. it prescribes higher taxes.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 258
23. For Bar On, "freedom fighters" cannot be distinguished from "terrorists" because
a. both have difficulty morally justifying their causes.
b. both enjoy the suffering of their victims.
c. the goals of their actions cannot be used to distinguish between the morality of those
actions.
d. the means both use to achieve their goals necessarily involve violating the rights of others.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 263
25. According to Bar On, the fact that terrorists do not confine and isolate their victims
a. shows that terrorism is not really as bad as torture or "seasoning."
b. explains why people can resist the numbing fear they try to create in their victims.
c. undermines the comparison of terrorism to torture and "seasoning."
d. does not mean that confinement and isolation is not a product of their actions.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 266
26. Bar On questions the belief that terrorism is morally problematic because it is coercive, on the grounds
that
a. not all practices involving coercion can be classified as morally problematic.
b. coercion is a common tactic in matters of state, if not in moral matters.
c. terrorist victims don't typically identify coercion as morally problematic to themselves.
d. such an argument makes it impossible to distinguish between terrorism and prostitution.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 266
28. Bar On's focus on the cruelty of terrorism is related to her conviction that
a. a feminist ethic of care is generally superior to a Kantian ethic of justice.
b. the human cost of terrorism must be a central concern in its moral assessment.
c. terrorism violates the Kantian imperative to treat others as ends in themselves.
d. the "just war" tradition does not address balancing the advantages of force against the
material destruction such force might create.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 267
32. Terrorism after September 11, 2001, has a new quality because
a. the U.S. was targeted for the first time.
b. Bush declared a "war on terror" after the attacks.
c. of the symbolic force of the attacks.
d. it increased the number of terrorist attacks.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 274
36. Which of the following statements is NOT a reason why an unlimited population cannot produce the
"greatest happiness for the greatest number"?
a. Both unlimited population and unlimited happiness cannot be maximized
b. Humans need energy to maintain themselves and for enjoyment, but an unlimited number
of people would compromise the energy available for enjoyment.
c. An unlimited population would need unlimited resources and earth is finite.
d. An unlimited population growth would require technological solutions that we have not
yet invented.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 279
37. The point of "the tragedy of the commons" according to Hardin is that:
a. Rational beings will always choose for the good of all.
b. Although overpopulating an ecosystem happened in the past, humans have learned from
their mistakes and it is no longer a problem.
c. Cows will not bring a sufficient amount of income to a cooperative farming venture and
humans ought to fish instead since the resources of the oceans are inexhaustible.
d. Common land continues to be abused because of the conflict between private gains and
shared, public resources.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 281
40. For Regan, the fundamental wrong of the present system towards animals is that
a. it allows us to view animals as our resources.
b. it doesn't protect wild animals.
c. it doesn't protect animals form exploitation.
d. it fails to value human life more than animal life.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 289
42. According to Regan which of the following offers the best way to ground our duties to animals?
a. contractarianism
b. utilitarianism
c. virtue theory
d. rights theory
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 293
TRUE/FALSE
2. Affirmative action policies have been defended on the grounds of compensatory justice.
a. True
b. False
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 228-229
3. In the view of social and political philosophy, the renewal of terrorist activities means that any serious
consideration of problems of social justice must be deferred until terrorism has been eliminated.
a. True
b. False
4. Cornel West believes that the time has come to do away with affirmative action programs.
a. True
b. False
5. Pharr claims that the threat of violence plays little role in keeping women under the domination of
men.
a. True
b. False
6. Williams believes that even illegal migrant laborers who have committed serious crimes should be
granted permanent residency in the U.S.
a. True
b. False
7. Williams believes that there are no objections that anyone could make to granting permanent residency
to illegal migrant laborers.
a. True
b. False
8. Singer argues that each nation's leader should solely seek to advance the interests of his or her citizens.
a. True
b. False
9. According to Singer, terrorism has made the world even more divided.
a. True
b. False
10. Thomas Friedman claims that the most basic truth about globalization is that "no one is in charge."
a. True
b. False
12. According to Bat-Ami Bar On's definition of terrorism, a random attack on a school by a psychotic
person may be characterized as a terroristic act.
a. True
b. False
14. Hardin believes that a technical solution can be found to resolve problems associated with
overpopulation.
a. True
b. False
15. Hardin believes that the morality of an act is determined by the context.
a. True
b. False
16. Regan believes that the best way to approach animal rights is through the concept of indirect duties.
a. True
b. False
17. Regan argues that contractarianism leaves too many people (and animals) out of the moral picture.
a. True
b. False