1. Britain may have universal health coverage (unlike the US) but latest figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that Britain also has higher taxes than the US in order to provide that coverage.
answer options: true or false
2. SINGER ON FAMINE: According to Peter Singer, our moral duty applies to needy people regardless of:
answer options:
- our own resources
-their need
-their distance from us
-the harm our contributions may cause
3.
SINGER ON FAMINE: In ‘Famine, Affluence, and Morality’, Singer appeals to two different versions of a moral principle…
Strong version - “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.”
Moderate version - “if it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening without thereby sacrificing anything else morally significant, we ought, morally, to do it.”
Which statement best explains Singer’s reason for featuring both a stronger and a weaker version of the principle in his argument?
answer options:
- hes trying to confuse his enemies
-The moderate version was insufficient to support strong conclusions about duties to give aid.
- The strong version corrects a problem with the moderate version.
-The moderate version corrects a problem with the strong version.
-Although the strong version is correct, the moderate version is less controversial and still supports the argument for very demanding duties to give aid.
4.
NOZICK’S ENTITLEMENT THEORY: According to Nozick, “Two distributions are structurally identical if they present the same profile, but perhaps have different persons occupying the particular slots.”
Before the revolution, the Duchess is very wealthy and her butler has only a crooked sixpence. After the revolution the butler takes all the Duchess’s wealth and hands her the crooked sixpence.
Assuming that nothing else changes, the distributions are structurally identical before and after the revolution.
answer options:
-yes
-no
-maybe
1.Britain may have universal health coverage (unlike the US) but latest figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that Britain also has higher taxes than the US in order to provide that coverage.
The answer is true. But as USA is composed of many states, they can impose their own state tax, in addition to the federal one.
2. SINGER ON FAMINE: According to Peter Singer, our moral duty applies to needy people regardless of:
- Their distance from us.
3.SINGER ON FAMINE: In ‘Famine, Affluence, and Morality’, Singer appeals to two different versions of a moral principle…
Strong version - “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.”
Moderate version - “if it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening without thereby sacrificing anything else morally significant, we ought, morally, to do it.”
Which statement best explains Singer’s reason for featuring both a stronger and a weaker version of the principle in his argument?
-Although the strong version is correct, the moderate version is less controversial and still supports the argument for very demanding duties to give aid.
4.NOZICK’S ENTITLEMENT THEORY: According to Nozick, “Two distributions are structurally identical if they present the same profile, but perhaps have different persons occupying the particular slots.”
Before the revolution, the Duchess is very wealthy and her butler has only a crooked sixpence. After the revolution the butler takes all the Duchess’s wealth and hands her the crooked sixpence.
Assuming that nothing else changes, the distributions are structurally identical before and after the revolution.
The answer is yes, because the entitlement theory is correct, the persons have changed, but the distribution has remained identical.
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