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Ethics Final- social contract

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According to proceduralism, we should begin moral inquiry
by identifying a method for determining right from wrong.
Contractarianism originated as
a political theory.
Contractarians have traditionally taken the view that people are for the most part
rational and self-interested.
According to contractarianism, we do best for ourselves by agreeing to
agree to limit the direct pursuit of self-interest.
Prisoner s dilemmas are
a kind of situation which occurs often in the real world.
The founder of modern contractarianism was
Thomas Hobbes.
According to the moral theory of contractarianism, the final authority on ethics isn't
1) the law.
2) personal opinion
3) conventional wisdom
According to contractarianism, breaking the law is justified
whenever a law is grossly unjust.
According to contractarianism, the state s ultimate purpose is
to aid our escape from the state of nature.
Which of the following is not an advantage of contractarianism?
It ensures everyone is as well off as possible.
According to Hobbes, what is the fundamental reason for acting?
Self-interest
For Hobbes, a well-ordered society is one in which
there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.
Hobbes argued that
the risks of doing wrong always outweigh its potential benefits.
Some contractarians believe that we all have a duty to obey the law because
we have tacitly consented to do so.
According to the consent argument,
1) we have a duty to obey the law only if we have consented to do so.
2) many people do not have a duty to obey the law.
3) many people have not given their consent to obey the law.
According to contractarianism, we are not morally required to
1) do whatever a majority of our society thinks is right.
2) do whatever existing laws and customs dictate.
3) do whatever the leadership of our society thinks is right.
According to Rawls's theory,
the contractors never disagree.
According to contractarians, the contractors who fix the content of morality are
rational and self-interested.
If contractarianism is true, then the moral community includes
neither ecosystems or non-human animals.
Which of the following is not an advantage of contractarianism?
It explains why we have moral obligations to all fellow persons.
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