According to the Philosopher Joel Feinberg (Answer Key)

 Question 1 2 out of 2 points According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg, Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  the rights of future generations are contingent upon those people coming into existence. the rights of future generations are contingent upon those people coming into existence. Question 2 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is true concerning our environment today? Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  polluted air is a health risk polluted air is a health risk Question 3 2 out of 2 points A decade after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park, their presence was discovered to Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  have changed the behavior of elk. have changed the behavior of elk. Question 4 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental problems? Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  It requires the EPA or other body to determine the most effective, feasible pollution-control technology for each different industry. It requires the EPA or other body to determine the most effective, feasible pollution-control technology for each different industry. Question 5 2 out of 2 points A moral vegetarian Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  rejects eating meat based on moral grounds. rejects eating meat based on moral grounds. Question 6 2 out of 2 points According to Shaw and Barry, utilitarians Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus. should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus. Question 7 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is true of factory farms? Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  They permit the mass production of meat at low prices. They permit the mass production of meat at low prices. Question 8 2 out of 2 points Business has considered the environment to be Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  free and nearly limitless. free and nearly limitless. Question 9 2 out of 2 points An ecosystem Selected Answer: Correct Answer: can be upset by human behavior. can be upset by human behavior.  Question 10 2 out of 2 points Which environmental statement is true? Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  Tropical forests are the earth’s richest, oldest, and most complex ecosystems. Tropical forests are the earth’s richest, oldest, and most complex ecosystems. Question 11 2 out of 2 points One truth about factory farms is Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  most animals we eat are from them. most animals we eat are from them. Question 12 2 out of 2 points Some environmental regulations (like forbidding the burning of coal in cities) benefit each and every one of us because the air we all breather is cleaner. If an individual ignores the regulation and burns coal, while others obey the regulation, then he or she Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  is being a free rider. is being a free rider. Question 13 2 out of 2 points Concerning future generations, Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  Question 14 the social and environmental policies we adopt can affect who is born in the future the social and environmental policies we adopt can affect who is born in the future 2 out of 2 points In consideration for the obligation to others, Selected Answer: Correct Answer:  the U.S. uses more than its proportional share of the world's resources. the U.S. uses more than its proportional share of the world's resources. Question 15 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is a drawback to the regulatory approach? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: regulation can take away an industry’s incentive to do more than the minimum regulation can take away an industry’s incentive to do more than the minimum Sunday, August 14, 2022 6:29:50 PM EDT