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More than communicating to an individual, McGregor argues that rape


A) reinforces a corrupt legal system.
B) expresses contempt for the democratic system of government.
C) expresses the inferiority of women as a group to the wider community.
D) reinforces gender roles.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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On McGregor's view, our rights carve out


A) what we are free to do.
B) the domain of our community.
C) the domain of our personal identity.
D) all of the above.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Corvino thinks that even on the assumption that homosexuality is riskier than celibacy or heterosexuality, it will follow that homosexuality should "always and everywhere be discouraged by reasonable people" only if


A) the risks are worth it.
B) the risks are not worth it.
C) homosexuality is far riskier than celibacy or heterosexuality.
D) none of the above

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Corvino considers various possible meanings of "_________" to determine whether they apply to homosexual conduct and to evaluate their moral significance.

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Kant argues that marriage allows spouses to treat each other not as mere means when engaging in sexual activity because


A) God demands that all sexual activity occur in the context of marriage.
B) this will ultimately produce the most happiness for the greatest number of persons.
C) in marriage two persons equally and reciprocally transfer their whole person to the other.
D) the universal law formulation of the categorical imperative requires that each of us be married.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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McGrecgor, following Hampton, argues that the harm of rape involves


A) moral injury.
B) moral morbidity.
C) moral accident.
D) moral delusion.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Against Kant's view of sexual objectification, Papadaki argues that


A) it is not clear how sexual use sacrifices humanity.
B) Kant is wrong to think about the wrong of sexual objectification in terms of humanity.
C) sexual objectification actually enhances humanity.
D) Papadaki actually agrees with Kant's view

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Kant argues that some sexual acts are immoral because they are contrary to our animal nature.

A) True
B) False

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Corvino defends a tight connection between the origin of homosexual orientation and the moral value of homosexual activity.

A) True
B) False

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Sexual objectification on Papadaki's view is always _________.

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McGregor argues that the lack of _________ explains part of the wrong of rape, but not all of it.

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According to Corvino, if a practice is risker than the alternatives, it follows that that practice is immoral, imprudent, or otherwise to be avoided.

A) True
B) False

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According to Kant, homosexual acts are contrary to our _________ nature.

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MacKinnon and Dworkin argue that the sexual objectification of women stems from _________ inequality.

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According to McGregor, the expressive harm of rape


A) needs to be intentionally inflicted.
B) does not need to be intentionally inflicted.
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Since women who are harmed during consensual sex experience injury to-among other things- their autonomy and self-assertion, West argues that these women may lack a sense of self needed to experience these harms as such.

A) True
B) False

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According to Kant, sexual acts within marriage are morally permissible because each party to the marriage has given his or her whole person to the other, and so does not use them as a mere means.

A) True
B) False

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Kant argues that no sexual acts outside of _________ are morally permissible.

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Corvino thinks that all innate desires are good ones.

A) True
B) False

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According to Nussbaum, treating someone as an object is


A) sufficient for sexual objectification.
B) necessary for sexual objectification.
C) not necessary for sexual objectification.
D) all of the above.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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