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Religion and Morality, Egoism, Relationships, Abortion and Animal Rights

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Who says "morality is social," discusses morality as a "socially learned language" and says we envision an 'assembly of others' that is 'formed within our breast'? Rather than say that morality determines religion or that religion determines morality this person looks at historical influences and says that religion has influenced morality and likewise morality has influenced religion
John Dewey
F.C. Copleston
Bishop R.C. Mortimer
Euthyphro
The ring of Gyges
is a ring like Frodo has, which can make the wearer invisible.
is a circle of stones in Great Britain.
was a secret society of philosophers during the Inquisition.
was an echoing sound as a shepherd called his flock to obey.
is any trinket of great value, obtain by the sale of the soul to the devil.
Hume's sensible knave....
was Hume's servant to whom he dedicated several writings.
obeys moral codes but does not understand them.
is hurt by everyone because of his innocence.
occasionally acts unjustly while concealing his immoral acts.
does not understand the intricacies of moral codes.
Judith Jarvis Thomson in "A Defense of Abortion" uses all of the following analogies to justify her position except....
kidnapped violinist
burglar who entered through the window
traveler who lands on an unknown planet
a child growing so big and fast that you are smashed against the walls
The work of Jeremy Bentham formed the basis of this person's work related to the rights of animals...
J.B. Callicot
A. Leopold
William Baxter
Peter Singer
Who said that we teach a child to read but a pig may be happy alone with pigs with food and room to run?
J.B. Callicot
A. Leopold
William Baxter
Peter Singer
Who might go hunting for sport while fighting against the disapearance of a species?
J.B. Callicot
A. Leopold
William Baxter
Peter Singer
"When we consider how vast is the number of men, in any great country, who are little higher than brutes, and that this never prevents them from being able....to obtain a victim, the breadth and depth of human misery caused in theis shape alone .....swells to something apalling." The preceding quote relates most to the following issue:
date rape
pedophilia and child endangerment
a common legal institution--marriage
animal rights in the sport of hunting
Wasserman uses the terms heterodoxy and homogeneity in a discussion of:
support of gay and transgender rights
demographics in housing developments
religious tolerance and pluralism
distinguishing sexual preference from gender
a variety of high ideals

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