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PHIL2617: Practical Ethics
Answers should be typed and proper referencing is required.
Late Submissions: Note that the conditions for submission of take-home exams differ
from those for essays: late take-home exams WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED without a
special consideration application. This means that you cannot simply submit late
without special consideration and expect to receive a late penalty (late submissions
without a special consideration application will receive a mark of 0).
Exam Questions: You should answer two of the following questions. The overall
word count of the exam is 2500 words (so write approximately 1250 words per
question). Submissions with a total word count greater than 2,750
will be penalized.
1. Ethics and World Poverty. Are affluent individuals morally required to assist those
in absolute poverty until the point when further assistance would involve sacrificing
something of moral significance?
2. Designing Children. Do parents show a morally problematic attitude to their
children if they genetically enhance them?
3. Consent to Sex. Under what circumstances, if any, does “verbal coercion”
invalidate consent to sex?
4. Commercial Surrogacy. Does commercial surrogacy commodify children in a
morally problematic way?
5. Pornography, Free Speech and Censorship. Under what circumstances could legal
regulation of (certain types of) pornography be justified?
6. Moral Ignorance. Can someone be excused for racist behavior if they are brought
up in a society where racism is socially accepted?