HUM 400: Ethics Quiz #17 (The Ethics of Humanitarianism)

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How many people in sub-Saharan African made under U.S. $1.25 a day (in 2014)? *

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450k

less than 2 million

20-25 million

388 million

What does the UDHR refer to in this week's reading? *

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (an earlier chapter spells it out, but we didn't read it).

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To ethicist Peter Singer, at what point is it ok to stop giving mandatory aid? *

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When the recipients of the aid become complacent.

When people closer in proximity to the suffering begin to provide aid.

When giving starts to cause suffering to oneself or one's dependents.

After two years of giving.

If people in Pakistan are suffering and its own government won't help them, does Singer think that other countries should step in and help? *

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No. The burden of helping the suffering is limited to those with legitimate authority over the sufferers.

No. The burden of helping the suffering would fall onto those who the Pakistani government asked first.

Yes, because there is no justification for discriminating on geographical grounds.

Yes,

Why does the chapter classify Peter Singer's viewpoint as utilitarian? *

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Because he wants the most people to be the happiest--in this case, he means the most people in the entire world.

Because you can automate universal mitigation of suffering, and make it highly efficient.

Because it's the quickest way to God.

Because Singer feels that it is mankind's moral duty not to help others.

In Garrett Hardin's lifeboat dilemma, what do you think Peter Singer would recommend? *

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Row away and leave the 75 people to drown. All people for themselves!

Take in all people who want to be rescued, and sink. No one should survive if all can't survive.

Take in an additional 25 people: you can ration the food and hope for the best. This would maximize the benefit for the most people.

People love to hate Garrett Hardin's "don't help the poor" argument. What's his rationale? *

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Helping others just creates dependency in the poor and weakens the rich.

The poor are inherently less worthy than the rich.

The poor don't actually want anyone's help.

When a wealthy person listens to Hardin, but feels guilty about hoarding all of their money, what is Hardin's solution? *

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"Give me all of your money, then!"

"Switch places with a poor person, then. Give them all of your money. You'll stop feeling guilty!"

"Stop whining, or I'll give you something to cry about!"

Option 4

Does Hardin actually make the argument that if we keep helping the poor, they will overpopulate the world...implying that perhaps we should let them starve instead?! *

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It seems so!

OMG, he also seems to think that when people suffer, they learn from their mistakes, so suffering is a good thing!

Did he just compare hungry people to a cancerous growth?!

All of the above (unfortunately).

Why is Onora O'Neill considered a deontologist? *

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She sees the relationship between wealthy and impoverished to be an implicit and dysfunctional social contract.

She is a Christian and feels that it is God's will that people love their neighbors.

She finds Singerian utilitarianism to be too passive, and feels that it is the moral duty of the wealthy to help the poor.

All of the above.

None of the above.

Which of these provisions in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is untrue? *

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People have the right to a nationality.

People have the right to live in a healthy ecosystem.

People have the right to leave their countries.

People have the right to join labor unions.

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