Quiz 2 Flashcards
Multiple Choice:
_____________ refers to the policies of dominant race/ethnic/gender institutions and the behaviour of the individuals who implement these policies and control these institutions with policies that appear to be neutral in intent, but which have a differential and/or harmful effect on minority race/ethnic/gender group.
a) None of the above.
b) Individual discrimination
c) Institutional discrimination
d) Structural or adverse discrimination
Institutional discrimination
True or False
By this definition, Blacks cannot be racist because they lack power and are the victims of racism; that is, a Black person who discriminates against a White person is not practicing racism
True
Multiple Choice:
One of the following philosophers believes that the social contract justifies government but also limits it, the limit is established by the general will or the common good, that is, one gives up everything willingly to the group and in return, the person gets back his/her fair share of the fruits of cooperation.
a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
b) John Locke
c) Emmanuel Kant
d) Thomas Hobbes.
Jean - Jacques Rousseau
True or False:
According to utilitarianism, we should respect human rights for their social and political benefits.
True
Multiple Choice:
“It is permissible to torture an innocent person if this would be necessary to provide information to prevent a bomb going off that would kill hundreds of people.” The questions highlight scenarios in which___________ conflicts with other approaches to morality.
a) utilitarian perspective
b) deontological perspective
c) Human Rights perspective
d) consequences of actions
utilitarian perspective
True or False:
Prejudice and stereotypes are about the ability and characteristics of individuals from certain groups often at the root of direct and indirect discrimination.
True
Multiple Choice:
A lone employer who rejects all Black job applicants, a landlord who refuses to rent an apartment to a single mother, a white police officer who beats a Mexican immigrant suspect, a black teenager who paints a swastika on a Jewish temple, these are all examples of
a) Group discrimination
b) Individual discrimination
c) Institutional Discrimination
d) Systemic discrimination
individual discrimination
Multiple Choice:
After a fight in the school playground between Asian and White students, the school administrators limit the time the Asian students involved in the fight can spend in the playground during lunch hour but do not impose a similar restriction on the White students. This type of treatment is likely to be ________.
a) Direct discrimination
b) None of the above.
c) Indirect discrimination
d) Individual discrimination
Direct discrimination
Multiple Choice:
One of the following approaches best defines the following, from a moral point of view, “we should feel obliged to give one of our kidneys to a person with kidney failure since we don’t need two kidneys to survive, ……..”
a) Utilitarianism
b) Thomas Hobbes
c) Deontology
d) Marxism
Utilitarianism
Multiple Choice:
___________ does not explicitly single anyone out, but indirectly places certain groups at a disadvantage.
a) Racial discrimination
b) Institutional discrimination
c) Adverse discrimination.
d) Group discrimination
Adverse discrimination
True or False:
Individual discrimination refers to the policies of the dominant race/ethnic/gender institutions and the behavior of individuals who control these institutions and implement policies that are intended to have a differential and/or harmful effect on minority race/ethnic/gender groups.
False
Multiple Choice:
If a person is poor, it is not his or her fault but the institutions; therefore, the government should help such people by providing generous financial aid is a view held by which one of the following perspectives.
a) Conflict
b) Structural functionalism
c) None of the above.
d) Symbolic interactionism
Conflict
True or False:
According to deontological approach, rights are fundamental and absolute, accordingly human beings should be treated as ends in themselves.
True
Multiple Choice:
The government should give more money to our universities and community colleges in order to keep students’ fees to zero (or keep them as low as possible), even if it means raising our taxes.
a) Symbolic interactionism
b) Structural functionalism
c) Conservatism
d) Conflict Theory
Conflict Theory
True or False:
Deontological ethics seems to be a moral theory that is much more amenable and receptive to human rights. Deontology, after all, focuses not on the consequences of actions but on the duties; and one man’s rights are another man’s duties.
True
