Philosophy 230 J
The class beginning at 10 am
Review Sheet for Test #3
Basic Ideas: The Fill in
the Blank Section.
Know Singer’s thesis
statement. Know van den Haag’s thesis
statement. Know what strict
retributivism is. Know Huemer’s thesis
statement. Know Engel’s thesis
statement.
-Know the Minimally Decent
Human Argument for Famine Relief.
-Know Singer’s Argument for
famine relief.
-Know how Singer’s Argument
differs from the Minimally Decent Human Argument.
-Know the difference between
absolute poverty and relative poverty.
-Know what the point of
marginal utility is.
-Know that ought implies can.
-Know the Deterrence Argument
for the Death Penalty.
-Know what studies show about
the death penalty deterring future murders.
-Know van den Haag’s common
sense defense of the deterrence argument.
-Know the Strict
Retributivist Argument for the Death Penalty.
-Know what a racist
distribution is.
-Know why van den Haag
doesn’t think worries about racist distributions or worries about executing
innocent people undermine arguments for the death penalty.
Gun Control—Huemer.
-Know Huemer’s Argument
Against Gun Control.
-Know what a prima facie
right is.
-Know why Huemer thinks that
the right to own a gun is a strong prima facie right.
-Know that Huemer’s argument
is a burden of proof shift argument and why that is important.
-Know that he compares gun
control with helping to murder someone.
Animal Rights—Engel.
-Know Engel’s Suffering
Argument.
-Know Engel’s Environment
Argument.
-Know how Engel’s argument is
like the Minimally Decent Human Argument for Famine Relief.
-Know why Engel thinks that
eating meat is not necessary.
Know the 3 objections to
Singer: 1) The Overpopulation Objection, 2) The Locals First Objection, and
3) The Utilitarian Objection. Know
the 3 objections to van den Haag: 1) The Burden of Proof Objection, 2) The
Deterrence Objection, and 3) Bryan’s Mercy Argument Objection. Know the objection to Huemer: The
Comparison with Murder Objection.
Know the objection to Engel: The Ought Implies Can Objection.
Famine Relief—Singer.
-All 3 objections to Singer
are fair game here.
-Know the response to worries
of overpopulation.
-Know the response to the
locals first idea.
Death Penalty—van den
Haag.
-All 3 objections to van den
Haag are fair game here.
-Know the response to Bryan’s
Mercy Argument.
-Know the four statement a
potential murderer must believe for the death penalty to deter.
Gun Control—Huemer.
-The objection to Huemer is
fair game here.
-Know how Huemer might
respond to the objection.
Animal Rights—Engel.
-The objection to Engel is
fair game here.
-Know how Engel might respond
to this objection.
Essay Question.
State your standard for being
a minimally decent person. Apply your standard to one of issues we discussed in
class.