Lesson 3 Progress Check _ WAR-961S Ethics of Emerging Military Technologies
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Question 1
Sandel identifies several concerns with genetic engineering and
enhancement. For Sandel, the most serious issues ___________
involve the desire for humans to control nature.
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Answer is correct. On his fifth page, Sandel writes, “I do not think the main problem with enhancement and genetic engineering is that they undermine effort and erode human agency. The deeper danger is that they represent a kind of hyperagency—a Promethean aspiration to remake nature, including human nature, to serve our purposes and satisfy our desires.”
involve the possibility that enhancements will ultimately be uncontrollable. involve diminishing human agency. involve the cheapening of athletic or intellectual effort. 10 / 10 pts
Question 2
According to Lin, Mehlman and Abney’s chapter titled “Risk Assessment,”
warfighter enhancement courts a multitude of risks. Which choice below
best captures one of the risks?
Will neurally-enhanced warfighters “know better” than their superiors,
threatening the integrity of the chain of command?
Will adversaries attempt to kidnap enhanced warfighters for “reverse-
engineering”?
Will enhancements be stable over the long run? Answer is correct. On page 62 the authors write, “An immediate issue pertains to the reliability of military neuroenhancements: Will they degrade over time or have side effects that only slowly come to light?”
Will enhanced warfighters be inclined to foment a military coup?
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Question 3
For Verhey, genetic therapy ________________
is not ethically acceptable. is morally compulsory for the purposes of defense if adversaries develop a
genetically enhanced military.
must aim at health if it is to be ethically acceptable. Answer is correct. Verhey writes on page 294, “to use this [genetic therapy] knowledge and technology responsible it must be aimed at ‘health,’ not genetic enhancement.”
may ethically aim at enhancement. 10 / 10 pts
Question 4
According to Lin, Mehlman and Abney’s chapter titled “A Hybrid
Framework,” certain types of enhancements merit special concern. Which
choice below best captures the sorts of enhancements warrant such
concern?
Enhancements to intensify tendencies to behave selflessly.
Enhancements that would be reproduced in the enhanced warfighter’s
children; creating this sort of enhancement is technically feasible today,
though thus far ethical codes have prohibited it.
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Enhancements that mimic the effects of military training. Enhancements that would be reproduced in the enhanced warfighter’s
children, though creating this sort of enhancement is not technically
feasible today.
Answer is correct. The authors write on pages 70-71:
“If there were a reasonably safe and effective pill that would produce
the same of better results than certain modes of training, it is difficult
to see what would be wrong with it. . . . [T]here types of
enhancements cause particular concern: enhancements that blend
human and animal DNA; germ line changes, that is, enhancements
that would be passed on genetically to the warfighter’s descendants;
and enhancements that diminish an individual’s capacity to make
moral judgments. With today’s technology, it is not possible to
manipulate an adult’s germ line intentionally, but as technology
improves, this is an issue that deserves further discussion.”
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Question 5
According to Lin, Mehlman and Abney’s chapter titled “Bioethics,” the
public health ethical model ___________
is inapplicable to enhancements. is better-suited as a framework for enhancements than the medical model. Answer is correct. On page 55 the authors write, “the public health model differs from the medical model in precisely those respects that differentiate the medical from the military model and that make the medical model ill-suited to govern the use of enhancements by the military. Like the military model, public health is based on utilitarian rather than deontological principles, subordinating the well-being of the individual for the good of others. . . .”
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is dissimilar to the military model. is less well-suited as a framework for enhancements than the medical
model.
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Question 6
According to Lewis, if man becomes too dominant over nature,
___________
humanity itself will be subjected to the irrational impulses of some men. Answer is correct. Lewis writes on pages 5-6, “At the moment, then, of Man’s victory over Nature, we find the whole human race subjected to some individual men, and those individuals subjected to that in themselves which is purely natural’ – to their irrational impulses.”
humanity itself will be freed from non-rational influences, such as the
scourge of disease.
humanity itself will be subjected to the rational impulses of some men. humanity itself will be freed from unbidden, irrational impulses. 10 / 10 pts
Question 7
According to Lin, Mehlman and Abney’s chapter titled “Other
Considerations,” cognitively enhanced military members would operate
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against the backdrop of the warriors’ code. This juxtaposition requires
careful consideration. Such a code _______________
is imposed from the civilian world. is generally dismissed by warriors after they have first-hand experience of
combat.
functions in part to help maintain the respect of those they defend. Answer is correct. The authors write on page 84, "A warrior’s code may cover everything from the treatment of prisoners of war to oath keeping to table etiquette, but its primary purpose is to grant nobility to the warrior’ profession. This allows warriors to retain both their self-
respect and the respect of those they guard.”
is likely to become outmoded as enhancements become commonplace. 10 / 10 pts
Question 8
According to Lin, Mehlman and Abney’s chapter titled “Other
Considerations,” certain types of enhancements concern virtue ethicists
more than others. For example, ______________
enhancements that reduced the physiological need for water would be of
greater concern than those that reduced the need for food.
enhancements that reduced the physiological need for water would be of
greater concern than that insulated a warfighter’s from feelings of empathy.
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enhancements that insulated a warfighter’s from feelings of empathy would
be of greater concern than one that reduced the physiological need for
water.
Answer is correct. The authors write on page 80, “enhancements that introduce non-natural physiology like the ability to eat grass or forgo sleep would be of far less concern to a virtue ethicist than enhancements that warp the distinctive moral, emotional and intellectual capacities that underpin virtue of character.”
enhancements that reduced the physiological need for water would be of
greater concern than those that reduced the need for oxygen.
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Question 9
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Lewis mentions changes to the English language that reflect his concerns
over how people are viewed in the post WWII world. Which answer below
best reflects his concern?
Humans are spoken-of as autonomous beings, as in “Herman is leadership
material.”
The use of the terms “man” and “mankind” to refer to all of humanity is
diminishing due to social pressures.
Humans are spoken-of as objects to be manipulated or shaped, as in
“Herman is leadership material.”
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Humans are spoken-of as objects to be manipulated or shaped, as in
“Herman bears rights and responsibilities.”
Answer is incorrect. Lewis worries over treating humans as mere objects and speaking of them in the same way we speak of things. He writes on page 8, “Once we killed bad men; now we liquidate unsocial elements. . . . and boys likely to be worthy of a commission are ‘potential officer material.’ Most wonderful of all, the virtues of thrift and temperance, and even of ordinary intelligence, are sales-
resistance.”
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Question 10
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According to Beard, Galliot, and Lynch, if enhanced soldiers are less likely
to become casualties than ordinary soldiers, ______________
it may become more politically feasible to fight ethically obligatory wars as
it will be easier to meet the just cause criterion of jus ad bellum.
it may become more politically feasible to fight ethically obligatory wars, but
we must be cognizant that it may also become easier to meet the
proportionality criterion of jus ad bellum
.
it may become more politically feasible to fight ethically obligatory wars as
it will be easier to meet the just cause criterion of jus ad bellum
.
it may become more politically difficult to fight ethically obligatory wars
because it will become more difficult to meet the jus ad bellum
criterion of
proportionality.
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Answer is incorrect. The authors write on pages 8-9, “if enhanced military personnel are . . . more likely to survive, this may empower the military to engage in wars that are morally necessary, but which have been previously regarded as politically untenable due to civilian resistance to the possibility of military casualties. . . . [but] military human enhancement may undermine the proportionality barrier to implementing military force.”
Quiz Score: 80
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