Question: Which of the following statements would Ayn Rand disagree with?

Answer Choices:
a. Selfishness is virtuous, and other-regarding
b. We should all feel because our focus on sacrificing for others is blinding us
c. We should never consider other people when making moral decisions
d. Altruism is the enemy to human well-being

Answer: c. We should never consider other people when making moral decisions

Question: In what way does the state of nature render Social Contract Theory moot or defective?

Answer Choices:
a) It does not consider one able to sustain oneself
b) It does not adequately mesh with the idea of original rights
c) Hobbes never did justify moral genocide
d) The state in question never actually existed

Answer: b) It does not adequately mesh with the idea of original rights

Question: Explain in detail what First, Second, and Third World meant and how they interacted with one another. Your Answer:

Answer Choices:
“First World” refers to the US and its Cold War Allies;
“Second World” refers to the Soviet Union and its Cold War Allies;
“Third World” refers to everyone else.
I believe they all interact with each other because they learn from one another.

Answer: Not provided, but the answer given was marked with full points.

Question: What was the biggest consequence of the Great Leap Forward’s failure? Death and starvation.

Answer: Death and starvation.

Question: Which of the following is an argument against Egoism?

Answer Choices:
a. When people only care about themselves, wicked actions result
b. It too easily descends into barbarism
c. It destroys the social compact
d. Egoism assumes that the individual is inherently evil

Answer: a. When people only care about themselves, wicked actions result

Question: The German military tactic, Blitzkrieg, contrasted with the ______ of World War I.

Answer: Trench warfare.

Question: Is a table listing the population of Virginia counties from U.S. Census data a primary source or secondary source?

Answer Choices:
primary source
secondary source

Answer: primary source Week 3 Quiz

Question: According to Social Contract theory, why is it reasonable for us to follow moral rules?

Answer Choices:
a) Because they help to keep order
b) Everybody wants to help others
c) We don’t want to go to jail
d) It is to our advantage to do so

Answer: d) It is to our advantage to do so

Question: After the sixteenth century, Japan was marked by:

Answer Choices:
a return to aristocracy of the Asuka era
Increased trade with the Americas
Feudalism became an elite ruling method
A degree of isolationism

Answer: A degree of isolationism

Question: Solidarity was a trade union group formed in _____ to resist communist domination.

Answer: 1980

Question: Some suitable raw materials in the milk quota system from before 2015 include:

Answer Choices:
Standard
A, B, and C quota
Percentage weight
Direct sell
Renewal

Answer: A, B, and C quota

Question: Members of the Triple Alliance included Germany, Italy, ______. Austria-Hungary.

Answer: Austria-Hungary.