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Shem is morally opposed to hunting, whether he or anyone else does it. But he doesn't see any problem with fishing. Are Shem's views here consistent or inconsistent? Explain. |
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Helen is morally opposed to hunting, whether she or anyone else does it. But she doesn't see anything wrong with eating meat. Are Helen's views here consistent or inconsistent? Explain. |
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Shawn is morally opposed to wearing furs; but he eats meat. Are Shawn's views here consistent or inconsistent? Explain. |
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Barbara thinks smoking marijuana is morally wrong. She doesn't see any moral issue surrounding alcohol consumption. Are Barbara's views here consistent or inconsistent? Explain. |
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"Smokers with lung cancer get what they deserve," Alex said. "It's completely different when people driving their cars get into an accident. They're not necessarily to blame, and they should be treated with sympathy." Are Alex's stated views consistent or inconsistent? Explain. |
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Erin says: "Sexism is wrong. Widespread, too, because all men are sexist." Are Erin's views here consistent or inconsistent? Explain. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a television drama probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a television commercial probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a subway car probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a pair of jeans probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a piano sonata probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a landscaped piece of real estate probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a urinal, turned upside down and signed, and entered in an art exhibition, probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which the socks you are now wearing probably do NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which a stack of Brillo boxes that look exactly like the commercially made boxes that Brillo actually comes in, but produced by an artist, probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which your student ID card probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Name one or more aesthetic principle (as discussed in the text) according to which the Pacific Ocean probably does NOT have aesthetic value. |
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Find one or more of the four grounds discussed in the text legal moralism, harm principle, legal paternalism, offense principle to justify laws against false advertising. Explain. |
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Find one or more of the four grounds discussed in the text legal moralism, harm principle, legal paternalism, offense principle to justify laws limiting the amount you can collect in a liability suit (e.g., against a company that makes a defective product). Explain. |
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Find one or more of the four grounds discussed in the text legal moralism, harm principle, legal paternalism, offense principle to justify laws against marrying your first cousin. Explain. |
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Find one or more of the four grounds discussed in the text legal moralism, harm principle, legal paternalism, offense principle to justify laws against begging on a bus or subway. Explain. |
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Find one or more of the four grounds discussed in the text legal moralism, harm principle, legal paternalism, offense principle to justify laws requiring all public transportation to be wheelchair accessible. (Such laws would not permit, for instance, the alternative of special cars or vans to chauffeur people in wheelchairs wherever they want to go.) Explain your answer. |
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Find one or more of the four grounds discussed in the text legal moralism, harm principle, legal paternalism, offense principle to justify laws requiring all cigarette packages to come with warnings about the dangers of smoking. Explain. |
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