The Moral Of The Story An Introduction To Ethics 8th Edition By Nina Rosenstand – Test Bank

Chapter 11
Case Studies in Virtue

1. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau agreed that humans are naturally compassionate toward each other.
FALSE
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2. Mencius and Rousseau agreed that humans are good by nature, but they have been corrupted by the circumstances of life.
TRUE
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3. According to Aristotle, courage is a virtue when the individual making a decision apprises the situation carefully, to avoid unnecessary harm, before actually acting.
TRUE
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4. It is more likely that courage will be more beneficially utilized if compassion is included in one’s thought process.
TRUE
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5. According to Philip Hallie, institutionalized cruelty makes the victim believe that somehow the cruelty is justified.
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6. According to Hallie, the best antidote against institutionalized cruelty is to show hospitality to the victim.
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7. Hallie believed that sympathy, even if not accompanied by compassionate action, is a redeeming quality.
FALSE
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8. According to Hallie, following a positive moral command is harder than following a negative moral command.
TRUE
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9. According to Richard Taylor, reason has no role to play in moral matters; all one needs is compassion.
TRUE
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10. Taylor’s three stories of atrocities show that what counts is the dreadful consequences of these acts, not the intentions behind them.
FALSE
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11. According to neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, our brain is wired for empathy.
TRUE
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12. In Huckleberry Finn, Huck helps the runaway slave Jim and Jonathan Bennett thinks Huck is doing the wrong thing.
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13. Nobody can make a person feel gratitude, but one can encourage a person to show it.
TRUE
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14. Confucius defines the man of virtue as wise, courageous, and with a good head for business.
FALSE