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Question
1. While biking and texting, a woman collides into a runner in front of her and injures him. She has acted:
A. deliberately
B. impulsively
C .negligently
D. purposely
2. When someone is blamed for a wrongful action and offers a excuse, she is:
A. denying that she was fully at fault for it
B. denying that she did it
C. expressing regret for having done it
D. denying that it was wrong
3. What makes an act wrong?
A. violating an obligation while doing it
B. not being able to offer an excuse for the act
C. doing the act accidentally
D. doing the act intentionally
4. Disgust is an emotion of aversion or avoidance. What does it help us avoid?
A. contaminants
B. wrongful action
C. being looked down upon
D. fault
5. In his debate with people like Plutarch, John Doris argues that:
A. situation explains why people do what they do
B. character explains why people do what they do
C. situation often better explains why people do what they do than does character
D. character often better explains why people do what they do than does situation
6. What does it mean to Puposely but impulsively Crime? Give an example.
7. According to Aristotle, can children and animals act voluntarily? If not, why not? If so, why are they not persons?
8. What is blame?
9. What is the basic claim of situationism? What are examples of situational factors that make helping behavior more or less likely?
10. Why are most three-year-olds not able to lie?
11. Answer TWO of the following:
1. When faced with a Milgram-type experiment and asked for predictions, people predict that they would not be obedient and that 1-2% of others would be obedient. In reality, about 2/3 of subjects are obedient. What do you think Doris would say explains the levels of obedience? What explains the discrepancy between predicted and actual rates of obedience?
2. Choose a quote from John Doris' chapter that you think is representative of his arguments. Explain what is being claimed in the quote you've chosen. What makes that quote a good choice as a representative text?
3. 'The accused assaults a woman. She goes into the hospital with a non-life-threatening wound. While in the hospital, she catches scarlet fever and dies.' In this case, the assailant was found not guilty for homicide. Why? On what basis?