Question 1

One of the attitudes prevalent in business that has led to increased environmental problems is the tendency to view the natural world as a free and unlimited good.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The disparity between private industrial costs and public social costs is what economists call an "internality."

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

A decade after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park, their presence was discovered to

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A)   not change anything.
B)   have stabilized their own population.
C)   have changed the behavior of elk.
D)   be disruptive.

Question 4

Concerning future generations,

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A)   all philosophers today reject the idea that future people have rights
B)   utilitarianism dictates a radical reduction in population growth
C)   future people have a right to be born
D)   the social and environmental policies we adopt can affect who is born in the future

Question 5

One truth about factory farms is

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A)   they rarely inflict any genuine suffering on animals.
B)   most animals we eat are from them.
C)   they are necessary to feed the world.
D)   they are run by brutal people. B

Question 6

Animal manure

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A)   is not available in sufficient quantities to replenish agricultural land.
B)   is a large source of pollution.
C)   helps counteract the "greenhouse effect".
D)   is potentially more dangerous than nuclear power.

Question 7

Tampering with the ecosystem always has injurious effects.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The rising affluence of people in the United States has meant a corresponding decrease in pollution and its attendant environmental problems in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to William F. Baxter, we ought to respect the "balance of nature" and "preserve the environment" even if doing so brings no benefit to human beings.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to Joel Feinberg, we can predict various interests of future generations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is true of factory farms?

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A)   They are smaller these days than they used to be.
B)   The people who run them are brutal.
C)   Contrary to the critics, the animals in them rarely suffer.
D)   They permit the mass production of meat at low prices.

Question 12

The moral theorist William T. Blackstone claims that the right to a livable environment

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A)   would solve the problem of how to conserve resources.
B)   prevents the use of government regulation to control the actions of business.
C)   is a fundamental human right.
D)   implies that non-human animals have no genuine moral rights.

Question 13

An ecosystem

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A)   should never be tampered with.
B)   can survive any human intervention.
C)   can be upset by human behavior.
D)   is independent of all other ecosystems.

Question 14

William T. Blackstone rejects the idea that each person has a human right to a livable environment on the grounds that it is technically infeasible.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental problems?

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A)   It proceeds on a case-by-case basis, dealing with each company's specific circumstances.
B)   It gives companies an incentive to do more than the minimum required by law.
C)   It requires the EPA or other body to determine the most effective, feasible pollution-control technology for each different industry.
D)   It involves the use of pricing mechanisms.

Question 16

Thanks to the EPA, the federal government long ago eliminated the problem of potentially harmful pesticides and other chemical residues in food.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to Jeremy Bentham, the question is not whether animals can feel pain, but whether they can talk and reason.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 18

According to Shaw and Barry, utilitarians

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A)   focus on human well-being and ignore animal welfare.
B)   oppose animal experimentation in principle.
C)   should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus.
D)   are likely to favor factory farming.

Question 19

The new discipline of "ecological economics" calculates the value of an ecosystem, not in terms of what people are willing to pay for it, but in terms of what it would cost to provide the benefits and services that the ecosystem now furnishes us.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A moral vegetarian

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A)   rejects eating meat based on moral grounds.
B)   only eats animal that were raised humanely.
C)   does not believe animals suffer.
D)   the pleasure we get from eating a hamburger justifies the price the animals pay.

Exam 7: The Environment

One of the attitudes prevalent in business that has led to increased environmental problems is the tendency to view the natural world as a free and unlimited good.

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The disparity between private industrial costs and public social costs is what economists call an "internality."

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A decade after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park, their presence was discovered to

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Concerning future generations,

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One truth about factory farms is

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Animal manure

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Tampering with the ecosystem always has injurious effects.

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The rising affluence of people in the United States has meant a corresponding decrease in pollution and its attendant environmental problems in the United States.

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According to William F. Baxter, we ought to respect the "balance of nature" and "preserve the environment" even if doing so brings no benefit to human beings.

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According to Joel Feinberg, we can predict various interests of future generations.

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Which of the following is true of factory farms?

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The moral theorist William T. Blackstone claims that the right to a livable environment

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An ecosystem

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William T. Blackstone rejects the idea that each person has a human right to a livable environment on the grounds that it is technically infeasible.

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Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental problems?

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Thanks to the EPA, the federal government long ago eliminated the problem of potentially harmful pesticides and other chemical residues in food.

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According to Jeremy Bentham, the question is not whether animals can feel pain, but whether they can talk and reason.

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According to Shaw and Barry, utilitarians

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The new discipline of "ecological economics" calculates the value of an ecosystem, not in terms of what people are willing to pay for it, but in terms of what it would cost to provide the benefits and services that the ecosystem now furnishes us.

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A moral vegetarian

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