Practice Test 5

Question 0

Which of the following is a normative claim.
A. The majority of soccer coaches believe that it is wrong to “take a dive”.
B. Although the position is unpopular, fighting in hockey is clearly immoral.
C. Simon thinks the commercialization of sport is wrong.
D. Major League Baseball players often lie to the umpire it it means a free base.

Answer 0

B

Question 1

T/F Bentham argues in favor of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism can be summarized in the phrase “we become what we practice”.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Deontologists believe that good ethical practice can be derived from rules. Utilitarians believe good ethical practice can be derived from:
A. Consequences
B. Acting on the greatest good for the greatest number.
C. Maximizing pleasure and reducing pain.
D. All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Title IX is surrounded by controversy. One of the reasons is because defenders and reformers have different definitions of 'equality'. Simon discusses two options, 'equal distribution' and 'equal respect and concern', in his text. Which of these two definitions of equality would a critic of proportionality most likely endorse.
A. Equal distribution
B. Equal respect and concern
C. Both equally
D. Neither one

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In your persuasive paper you are supposed to offer counter-arguments to the arguments you offer in support of your thesis. You are also supposed to offer responses to these counter arguments. These responses (to the counter) are known as:
A. The hook
B. The template
C. Rejoinders
D. Caveats

Answer 4

C

Question 5

Dr. T discussed the “sporting paradox”. Which of the following best describes the sporting paradox?
A. The more you learn the less you know.
B. Sport at its best is a deep, meaningful, dramatic experience.
C. The more you seek pleasure the further it is from your grasp.
D. Sport’s strength (popularity) is its weakness.

Answer 5

B

Question 6

Someone might cite the statistic that "there were 19 Bowls in 1990 and 35 Bowls in 2012" as an example that the "central values of sport have taken a back seat to commercialization". This type of argumentation would most likely be made by a defender of:
A. The corruption thesis.
B. The strong incompatibility thesis.
C. The weak incompatibility thesis.
D. The sporting paradox.

Answer 6

A

Question 7

Which of the following is an internal good in sport?
A. Competition
B. Fitness
C. Teamwork
D. The slam dunk

Answer 7

D

Question 8

T/F Dr. T argued (along with Simon) that the commercialization of sport was a threat and an opportunity. That is, the commercialization of sport produces both goods and harms.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

According to Simon, the push to use sport as a tool for character education in schools runs into at least two problems. One is the problem of partisanship. Which of the following best identifies this problem?
A. Whose morality is taught?
B. A commitment to fairness is a committed position.
C. Kids should make decisions for themselves.
D. All of the above

Answer 9

A

Question 10

The idea that "compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake, " is best associated with:
A. Simon
B. Anderson
C. James
D. Singer

Answer 10

C

Question 11

Which of the following did Dr. T argue was a “take home point” of James essay the “Energies of Men”?
A. Science is - in all its forms - evil.
B. Women are incapable of reaching the “Energies of Men”.
C. Philosophy has a direct impact on daily life.
D. People are not wearing enough hats.

Answer 11

C

Question 12

T/F According to Anderson, “The importance of nature, wilderness, and the risk they bear for our sportive actions is that they bring us home toward that borderland where our own wild dimension can again come to life.”

Answer 12

True

Question 13

According to Anderson creativity in sport is available to:
A. Experts but not novices.
B. Novices but not experts (they are so skilled that they can no longer be creative).
C. Both experts and novices.
D. Those participants who are willing to break the rules.

Answer 13

C

Question 14

T/F Contrary to our intuition, James argues in the “Energies of Men” that “intellectual respectability” is a problem.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F According to the “strong version” of the incompatibility thesis, there are strong reasons to declare that although the athletics and academics are not inherently incompatible, “big-time athletics and academics do not mix”.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Which of the following is a normative claim:
A. It is right to lie to someone if telling the truth would cost you a goal.
B. Some soccer players believe there is nothing wrong with faking an injury.
C. Ozzie Guillen believes that Fidel Castro is a model leader.
D. Many NFL players argue that there is nothing wrong with bounties.

Answer 16

A

Question 17

Which of the following paper elements belong in the Introduction of your ethics paper?
A. Summary of arguments
B. Hook
C. Counter
D. Rejoinder

Answer 17

B

Question 18

T/F A conventionalist would argue that a game should be understood by “turning to the rules”.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What phrase did Dr. Tweitmeyer use to describe the idea that sports popularity may be its Achilles Heel? (Sport's immense popularity draws money and power to sport which fuels the corruption of sport)
A. The e pluribus unum thesis
B. The incompatibility thesis
C. The corruption thesis
D. The sporting paradox

Answer 19

D

Question 20

The argument that sport has been corrupted by the marketplace is best described as:
A. the external good thesis
B. The logical corruption thesis
C. The corruption thesis
D. The logical incompatibility thesis

Answer 20

C

Question 21

Why does Simon argue that focusing on scarce and basic benefits in sport is ultimately mistaken?
A. Only basic benefits matter, a focus on scarce benefits is elitist.
B. Both basic and scarce benefits can be realized in or outside sport. What we should be interested in are those goods that can only be achieved within the context of a given sport.
C. Only scarce benefits matter, to focus on basic benefits is to ignore the internal goods of sport.
D. To focus on personal benefit in sport is selfish. So being we should focus on benefits (whether basic or scarce).

Answer 21

B

Question 22

Which of the following is an internal good in sport?
A. making money
B. running
C. the stolen base
D. competion

Answer 22

C

Question 23

"We don't have a choice; there are very few if any value neutral positions." The preceding quote best represents concern over the problem of:
A. Indoctrination
B. Partisanship
C. Parenting
D. Coercion

Answer 23

B

Question 24

Which of the following quotes best summarizes James’ essay, “The Energies of Men”?
A. “As certain objects naturally awaken love, anger, or cupidity, so certain ideas naturally awaken the energies of loyalty, courage, endurance, or devotion.”
B. “Conscience makes cowards of us all. Social conventions prevent us from telling the truth”
C. “Most of us feel as if we lived habitually with a sort of cloud weighing on us…Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake.”
D. “The normal opener of deeper and deeper levels of energy is will.”

Answer 24

C

Question 25

T/F As the title “The Energies of Men” clearly indicates, James explicitly argues that women are incapable of training and disciplining the will.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

According to Anderson the humanizing potential of sport is conducted in the “borderland” between:
A. Aesthetics and risk
B. Beauty and challenge
C. Environmentalism and global awareness
D. Over-civilization and under-civilization

Answer 26

D

Question 27

T/F Anderson believes that technology (movies, computers, etc.) helps “sedate” us. Because of this he argues that the only way to awaken ourselves is to completely abstain from the conveniences of the modern world.

Answer 27

False