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Dowling College PHL042A Ethics Fall 2002

 

Final Exam Preparation

 

The final exam will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions.

 

Terms and ideas you need to know and understand include

 

You will have 2.5 hours to answer these questions.  Open book.

 

The Multiple Choice questions will be on any of the readings assigned since the midterm exam.

 

I will ask you a selection of "Critical Reading Questions" concerning five of the following readings:

·       James Rachels, “Active and Passive Euthanasia” (pp. 212-217)

·       Margaret Pabst Battin, “The Case for Euthanasia.” (pp. 217-226)

·       Thomas Murray, “Drugs, Sports, and Ethics” (pp. 351-357)

·       Mary Anne Warren, “The Moral Significance of Birth” (pp. 127-134)

·       John T. Noonan, “An Almost Absolute Value in History” (pp. 123-127)

·       Ernest Van Den Haag, “The Ultimate Punishment” (pp. 267-272)

·       Christopher Morris, “Punishment and Loss of Moral Standing” (pp. 272-279)

·       Jeffrey Reiman, “Why the Death Penalty Should be Abolished,” (pp 291-298)