PHI 208 Week 5 Quiz(real quiz)

Question 1. Question : According to Caroline Heldman, which of the following is a question that applies to her sexual object test? Student Answer: Does the image show people having sex? Does the image display a full image of a woman? Does the image show a person as something that can be bought or sold? Does the image display violence against people in the image? Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the video “The Sexy Lie” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : Feminist ethics is based around which of the following ideas, according to Virginia Held in “Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory”? That abstract universal principles can be applied to most situations to find the best action. Student Answer: That emotions can be cultivated and ought to be taken into account That maximizing something like happiness or pleasure is the best way to guide action. in ethical theory. That all humans are autonomous individuals who battle for resources. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the section titled “Reason and Emotion” from Virginia Held’s article. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 3. Question : What does Noddings say about male versus female language when opposing war in the article “Maternal Ethics”? Student Answer: are more likely to refer to their own hands on experience in helping victims of violence Men are more likely to speak in the abstract about violence; women Women are more likely to become emotional rather than rational when discussing such matters Women and men use approximately the same types of language when discussing the horror of death Women feel that language is irrelevant; it is actions that count Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found on p. 218-219 of Nel Noddings’s “Maternal Ethics” Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: