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What kind of reasoning is found in the just cause principle?

Utilitarianism

Natural law

Relativism

Categorical imperative

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2
War crimes are defined differently by various nations who each have
their own doctrine of universal human rights.

True

False

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3
All forms of pacifism hold that violence is always wrong.

True

False

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According to the last resort requirement, we should try "everything" short
of war first.

True

False

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Most terrorists are

Well educated and middle class

Poor and desperate

Ignorant and easily manipulated

Rich and bored

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According to MacKinnon, what is the most immediate goal of terrorism?

To vent anger

To create push a political or religious ideology

To create fear

To assert value

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To agree that the reduction of privacy rights to gain greater security is an
example of ________ reasoning.

Utilitarian

Kantian

Relativism

Natural law

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8
The terrorist training video discussed in Elshtain's article depicts
 Bomb making techniques

Violent imagery focused at Jews

Images of Americans disrespecting the Koran

A decapitation

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9
The yuck factor argument to human cloning holds that we ought to trust
our gut reactions to certain procedures as indicative of their moral nature.

True

False

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10
The "playing God" argument against cloning

Is religious in nature

Is the same as the "yuck" argument

Is built on teachings in the Christian Bible

Is not necessarily a religious argument

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In 2002, one-third of the corn grown in the United States was
genetically engineered.

True

False
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12
Pharmacogenomics would be a form of personalized medicine using
genetic engineering techniques.

True

False

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13
Aborted embryos are not generally seen as a viable source of
embryonic stem cells because

Generally a woman does not know for sure she is pregnant until
after the embryo has grown beyond the blastocyst stage
Aborted embryos are the primary source of embryonic stem cells

The process of aborting the embryo cause irreparable damage to

the organism
There is too much political and religious pressure to take he
chance of using aborted material

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Mammals have never been cloned.

True

False

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15
One of the ways to evaluate ethically the policies of the IMF and World
Bank is whether they have done more good than harm or the opposite.

True

False
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16
What is the average wage of a person working in a call center in India
(in US dollar equivalency)?

90-120 per month

600-800 per month

200-400 per month

1200-1400 per month

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Self interest rationales for helping develop poorer countries include all
the following except

Creating markets for our products

Creating opportunity for indigenous peoples

Reduce terrorism

Preserve the environment

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Technological advancements are

Benefiting all nations

Increasing the economic disparity between rich and poor nations

Leaving the economic health of nations about the same

Especially benefiting poor nations

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 The World Bank argues that reducing farm subsidies to farmers in
Western countries would

Create unfair advantages for countries

Threaten the global food supply

Allow millions of people worldwide to escape poverty

Lead to a major shift in economic positioning

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What percentage of people with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa?

27

46

61

74