Jeopardy Questions

Question 1

In responding to the Alabama clergymen’s assertion that he was an outsider who should not be in Birmingham, Dr. MLK justifies his activist presence by alluding to two figures

Answer 1

8th century prophets and apostle Paul

Question 2

This ethical theory - as explored in the Ring of Gyges allegory by contemporary thinker

Answer 2

Egoism

Question 3

As defined by this philosopher, justice is about understanding that “equal should be treated equally and unequals should be treated unequally”

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

There are two broad schools of thought. One locates the morality in the consequences of an act. The other argues that morality resides in certain intrinsic qualities of the act itself

Answer 4

Consequentialist vs. Categorical moral reasoning

Question 5

This philosopher has no chill, viewing the actions of a naturally kind person as someone with no true moral worth at all

Answer 5

Kant

Question 6

Dr. King calls out this specific group in expressing his disappointment at the slow pace of civil right reform

Answer 6

white moderates

Question 7

A frequent dinner guest of former president Bill Clinton, this american philosopher came up with the “veil of ignorance”

Answer 7

John Rawl

Question 8

Science can help us find solutions to the most pressing ethical dillemas

Answer 8

Sam Harris

Question 9

The belief that codes of morality should be entirely dependent on the values of the individual

Answer 9

Ethical Subjectivsm

Question 10

A pig in a slop is a happy pig, even still, this philosopher believes that a truly enlightened person would not wish such a life

Answer 10

John Stuart Mill

Question 11

Like a father who knows best, this concepts allows restriction for personal freedom

Answer 11

Paternalism

Question 12

The belief that codes of morality should be entirely determined by the individual.

Answer 12

Ethical subjectivism

Question 13

Dr. King Writes, “We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving jet like speed toward political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward…”

Type of writing employed…

Answer 13

Juxtaposition

Question 14

One of Kant’s criticisms against utilitarianism

Answer 14

Predict outcomes / make predictions (difficult/impossible to do so)

Question 15

Actions are autonomous if they are freely chosen. These actions are motivated by inclinations or desire are labeled this.

Answer 15

Heternomous

Question 16

Instinct would have been ideal for whose sole ideal is happiness. Instead, God gave us this.

Which speaker?

Answer 16

Reason

Immanuel Kant

Question 17

One of the core arguments by Bryan Stevenson in his memoir about whether the death penalty is just

Answer 17

Retributive Justice

Question 18

We care about justice because of these three interconnected concepts

Answer 18

Interdependence, social stability, equal dignitiy

Question 19

This famous experiment “trains” people to see the beneficial outcomes of utilitarian ethics

Answer 19

Trolley problem

Question 20

Affirmative actions programs for minority applicants and other historically oppressed groups should be maintained to remedy past wrongs.

Answer 20

Compensatory Justice

Question 21

This concept describes the phenomenon of people who pursue happiness just for the sake of happiness tending to fail, while people who chase after more meaningful goals tend to be happy

Answer 21

Paradox of Hedonism

Question 22

This thinker argues what we should act morally because of consistent practice of ethics allows us to find purpose in life in a way that cannot be outgrown

Answer 22

Peter Singer

Question 23

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Answer 23

The 13th Amendment

Question 24

According to Peter Singer, the existence of this kind of person suggests that morality is not needed for happiness

Answer 24

Psychopath

Question 25

The death penalty is brutal and primitive practice. Consequently it should be abolished.

(which view?)

Answer 25

Virtue Ethics

Question 26

Instead of race-based affirmative actions, colleges should implement economics-based affirmative action because the former disproportionately affects affluent minorities who might not need a leg up.

(which view?)

Answer 26

Distributive Justice

Question 27

This concepts ensures that no matter who relies upon it, they will be happy. It also does not exist, according to Harry Browne

Answer 27

Universal Morality

Question 28

A virtue is “the middle state” between these to vices.

Answer 28

Excess and defect

Question 29

This thinker argued for a modest form of ethical objectivism, suggesting that some universal principles can exist while also allowing for such principles to manifest differently across cultures.

Answer 29

Louis Pojman

Question 30

Both Harry Browne’s definition of absolute morality and utilitarianism suggest that we consider the consequences of actions. But Browne suggests that you should only care about the consequences for this.

Answer 30

Yourself

Question 31

To act selfishly is to ensure your own personal happiness, argues Harry Browne. To support his claim, he points out the being selfish is pointless, creating an analogy about this.

Answer 31

Red rubber ball

Question 32

The Ring of Gyges excerpt from Plato’s Republic features an allegory of ashephard who discovers a ring of invisibility - a metaphor for the power to behave with impunity (no consequences). He then proceeds to use the ring to kill the king and get this.

Answer 32

The queen

Question 33

In the “Happiness and Immortality” reading, professors Cahn and Murphy have an exchange about the relationship between being moral and being happy. The happy immoralist cannot achieve full happiness in the traditional sense, which he relates to this ancient greek concept.

Answer 33

Eudaimonia

Question 34

Both Just Mercy and 13th (the documentary) agree on this criminal justice reform.

Answer 34

Mandatory Minimum removal

Question 35

[What does 13th the documentary use as appeals]

Answer 35

All three (ethos, pathos, logos)

Question 36

Both Just Mercy and 13th highlight the disproportionate and unjust impact of draconian laws

Answer 36

Racism

Question 37

The philospher who first expounded on virtue ethics, arguing that virtue is a continual search for “the golden mean”

Answer 37

Aristotle

Question 38

According to Aristotle, feelings like spite, shamelessness, envy and actions like adultery, theft and murder all have this in common.

Answer 38

No middle state / no mean

Question 39

The “mean” between exaggeration and minimizing

Answer 39

Truthfulness

Question 40

In determining what is virtuous between two vices, this - says Aristotle - destroys the impartiality of our judgement.

Answer 40

Pleasure

Question 41

This capacity to understand and share in the feelings of another is one of the crucial qualities that a psychopath lacks.

Answer 41

Empathy

Question 42

Harry Browne offers a controversial hot take: the key to happiness is not to fall into this.

Answer 42

Unselfish trap

Question 43

We should support mandatory minimum sentences and capital punishment because it deters future crime

Answer 43

Consequentialism (Utilitarianism)

Question 44

From the “happiness and immortality reading” this boredom avoidance strategy was called this.

Answer 44

Rotation of crops