Entries by Daphne Hanson

Explanatory practical guidance

What is explanatory practical guidance?   Question options: A Explanatory guidance is the kind of guidance sacred texts offer.   B Explanatory guidance is the kind of guidance appropriate for very young children, who don’t yet understand the reasons behind anything. You need to explain things to them or they will never have an opportunity […]

Marriage licenses to gay couples

  Which of the following best characterizes Kim Davis’s reasons for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in Kentucky?   Question options: A She refused to issue the licenses because she believed that it would violate her personal conscience to act contrary to the moral rules she had learned from the Christian Bible. […]

Enumerative practical guidance

What is enumerative practical guidance?   Question options: A Enumerative guidance concerns subject matters with black-and-white answers, such as math and arithmetic.   B Enumerative guidance identifies the actions required to achieve a desired end, but doesn’t explain why those actions are the right ones.   C Enumerative guidance is the kind of guidance cookbooks […]

Cosmopolitan response to cases where cultures disagree

According to APPIAH, how does a cosmopolitan respond to  cases where cultures disagree about what’s right or wrong?   Question options: A The cosmopolitan acknowledges that there are many different cultural practices, and that in many cases different practices can be equally morally good. However, some cultural practices are morally wrong. One of the things […]

On Trying Out One’s New Sword.

Which of the following best characterizes MIDGLEY’s thesis in her essay “On Trying Out One’s New Sword.”   Question options: A Moral isolationism is a fascinating subject to explore, and it should be a focus of continued anthropological research.   B Moral isolationism is an implausible view that readers should reject as false.   C […]

characterization of “moral isolationism”

  Which of the following is the best characterization of the view Midgley calls “moral isolationism?”   Question  options: A Different cultures may have started off isolated, back in ancient history, but in the present day all cultures are a rich stew of various influences.   B Different cultures should isolate themselves from each other, […]