PHI 361 Module 5 – Flashcards

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In this module, the "race to the bottom" refers to:
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the international competition to create the lowest possible labor costs
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In his essay "The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops," Ian Maitland argues that good ethical judgment requires that more sweatshops, not fewer, are needed.
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true
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In their essay "Sweatshops and Respect for Persons," Denis Arnold and Norman Bowie argue that a worker's productivity is independent of the wages paid to that worker.
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false
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In their essay "Sweatshops and Respect for Persons,"Denis Arnold and Norman Bowie argue that respecting workers in global factories means that MNE managers must adhere to local labor and environmental laws.
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true
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In his essay "The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops," Ian Maitland argues that corporate managers should appease their critics and improve the working conditions in their global factories.
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false
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Arnold and Bowie argue that we need not be concerned about the plight of workers who voluntarilly accept jobs, even when those jobs are much worse than they should be.
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false
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In their essay "Sweatshops and Respect for Persons,"Denis Arnold and Norman Bowie argue that respecting workers in global factories requires that MNE managers must ensure that workers are paid a wage for a 48-hour work week that keeps them out of overall poverty.
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true
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One objection to Cultural Relativism is that the mere fact that a culture thinks that a practice is moral, does not mean that it is moral.
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true
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Cultural Relativism is the view which asserts that whatever a culture says is right or wrong for it, is really right or wrong.
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true
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According to Kant, the mugger is acting impermissibly because he:
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is trying to use you merely as a means to some end
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