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James Kiss verified

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True or false. In Camus’ reading, the Myth of Sisyphus demonstrates the utility of the pursuit of happiness.

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The basic assumption being made about individuals in The Tragedy of the Commons is that they are a) moral agents b) utility-maximizers c) greedy d) none of the above. Identify the missing portion of the following quote: ā€˜The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the ______, holds that actions are right or wrong in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, and wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.’ a) Categorical Imperative b) Doctrine of the Mean c) Greatest Happiness Principle d) none of the above. Why, according to Hobbes, would utility-maximizing individuals surrender their natural liberty? a) because it is the morally right thing to do b) because they are foolish c) because they understand that the best way to maximize their self-interest is by accepting certain mutually shared limits on the pursuit of that self-interest d) none of the above

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True of False. For Hobbes, humans are pure utility maximizers, and thus even forms of community, social cooperation, altruism and love are ultimately driven by self-interest.

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True or False. Utilitarianism is best understood as a deontological ethical theory.

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True or False. The assumption about individual rationality that is made in The Tragedy of the Commons may be challenged using the so-called Ultimatum Game.

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True or False. For Hobbes, the best way to avoid the tragedy of the commons is to establish various social contracts that would be adhered to out of the herdsmen’s sense of duty towards one another.

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_____ understands the coordination and constraining of the pursuit of individual utility maximization as the key to establishing social and moral order. a) Virtue ethics b) Utilitarianism c) The social contract d) both b and c

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True or False. In the so-called ā€˜Golden Rule’, Mill finds the ā€˜complete spirit’ of deontological ethics.

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What, precisely, makes the outcome of The Tragedy of the Commons ā€œtragicā€? a) the herdsmen were greedy b) the herdsmen were stupid c) the herdsmen acted rationally, yet the outcome was irrational (sub-optimal) and could have been avoided d) none of the above

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What, precisely, makes the outcome of The Tragedy of the Commons ā€œtragicā€?

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