Study Guide for Ethics Quiz #
3
1. This quiz is cumulative. Consult
the first study guide in planning your review.
2. Be able to explain the general perspectives on war and violence taken by
Gandhi. Understand his arguments
and how they might by countered. Understand the meaning of satyagraha.
3. Be to explain just war theory and how it might be criticized.
Know the four criteria that must be satisfied for a war to be just and
the three criteria for fighting justly within a just war.
4. Also know the philosophical guidelines that followers of Hobbes, Locke,
Kant, Mill, and Marx would use when evaluating whether a war is just.
5. Review the general outlines of the current crisis with Iraq.
There will be some simple questions on the historical background, the
current situation, and the geography of the region.
6. Review
the web articles on war with Iraq. Understand the pro-war arguments and the anti-war answers to these
arguments. Also understand the
anti-war arguments and the pro-war responses to these arguments.
Understand how all pro-war and anti-war arguments must be grounded in
ethical theories that make general claims about when wars are just.
I will not ask questions that require you to remember which authors have
taken which positions with one exception; you will need to know the arguments
presented by Powell for the Bush administration.
7. Review
the articles assigned from Terrorism and International Justice. Understand the debate around terrorism and the different ways in which
terrorism can be defined and the implications of these definitions.
8. Understand the arguments for different alternatives in response to 9/11.
Be able to examine the arguments for a war on terrorism and the opposing
arguments of Young and Archibugi for a global rule of law.
9.
Be prepared to explain what philosophical perspective is contained within
a quotation.
10.
There will be extra credit questions on current events.
If you have been following the news, you should be able to answer these
questions.
Author: Holly Graff,
Oakton Community College
Last Updated: 4-06-04
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