PHI 302 Week 6 Quiz

 PHI 302  Week 6 Quiz | Wilmington University

Week 6 Quiz: Chapter 7

Question 1

"An eye for an eye" fits with a(n) __________ theory of punishment.  

·         utilitarian  

·         conservative  

·         retributivist  

·         distributivist

Question 2

As a __________ you would allocate rewards and punishments based on results.  

·         Libertarian  

·         Republican  

·         Utilitarian  

·         Kantian

Question 3

As an egalitarian you would distribute rewards  

·         on need.  

·         on ability. 

·         on merit.  

·         equally without regard for need or merit.

Question 4

Restitution theories believe that when a crime is committed a victim should  

·         seek compensation.  

·         seek revenge.  

·         seek help.

·         seek punishment.

Question 5

The theory of deterrence is a __________ theory.  

·         desert  

·         results  

·         restitution  

·         compensation

Question 6

What kind of case presents difficulties for all the theories of punishment?  

·         Where harm occurs but the people causing it are clearly irresponsible.  

·         Where harm occurs but the people causing it are really without fault.  

·         Where harm does not occur but could if people were slightly more unlucky.  

·         Where harm does occur but the people causing it cannot be caught.

Question 7

Who believed that offenders should be punished only if they deserve it and not for any consequences that may come of it?  

·         Mill  

·         Bentham  

·         Kant  

·         Sidgewick

Question 8

Who have been accused of thinking of punishment in terms of use rather than justice?  

·         The retributivists 

·         The Utilitarians 

·         The Quakers

·         The restitutionists

Question 9

Who proposed the theory of a "just society"?  

·         Aristotle  

·         Robert Nozick  

·         George Bush  

·         John Rawls

Question 10

Why, according to the retributivists, should people be punished?  

·         revenge  

·         utility  

·         deterrence  

·         desert