Multiple Choice


1	Which of the following is least associated with feminist ethics?
		A)	care
		B)	universalizability
		C)	empathy
		D)	personal understanding


2	The distinction sometimes made between feminine ethics and feminist ethics is best expressed by the distinction between
		A)	an ethics of justice and an ethics of care, respectively
		B)	equity feminism and gender feminism, respectively
		C)	care-focused feminist ethics and power-focused feminist ethics, respectively
		D)	ethics of care and maternal ethics, respectively


3	According to Gilligan, which of the following considerations is not one that predominates in the ethics of justice?
		A)	rules
		B)	logic
		C)	rights
		D)	relationships


4	Kohlberg interpreted the results of his study of moral development as suggesting that
		A)	in general females are at a lower stage of moral development than males
		B)	in general males are at a lower stage of moral development than females
		C)	there's no appreciable difference between the moral development of males and females
		D)	males tend to employ an ethics of justice and females an ethics of care, though there is some overlap


5	Which of the statements below does not express a criticism that power-focused feminists would likely make against the ethics of care?
		A)	It draws on a weak analogy between relationships in a family and in political society.
		B)	It treats ethical situations too much like impersonal math problems and not enough like narratives of ongoing relationships.
		C)	It depends on too simplistic a conception of female identity.
		D)	Its focus on the difference between the genders suggests a view of women that is traditionally associated with subordination.

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