Legal/constitutional rights are the same as moral rights.   True False

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  1. Legal/constitutional rights are the same as moral rights.

     
    1. True
    2. False
  2. Which of the following best describes DeGrazia’s argument for more restrictive gun control:

     
    1. We need gun control because the harms of guns outweigh the benefits

       
    2. There is a right to self-defense, but guns are an unreasonable means of defending ourselves

       
    3. DeGrazia does not defend restrictive gun control

       
    4. Other countries restrict guns, so the United States should also follow.

       
       

      3. Which of the following best describes Hsiao’s argument for gun ownership:

       
      1. There is a moral right to own a gun that is derived from that natural right of self-defense

         
      2. Gun ownership is constitutionally protected by the Second Amendment

         
      3. Gun ownership is justified because guns save more lives than they take

         
      4. Hsiao does not defend gun ownership

         
  3. Hsiao’s argument is based primarily on utilitarian principles

     
    1. True
    2. False
  4.  

    The editors of Scientific American argue that restrictive gun control is justified because the data shows that restrictive gun control works

     
    1. True
    2. False
  5.  

    According to Desmonda Lawrence, a right must have the following feature

     
    1. It must come from God

       
    2. It must be derived from the Constitution

       
    3. It must be abstract

       
    4. It must be grounded in our experience of the world.

       
  6.  

    Reed’s argument can be best described under which of the following moral theories:

     
    1. Deontology

       
    2. Utilitarianism

       
    3. Virtue ethics

       
    4. Moral relativism

       
  7.  

    Reed argues that gun ownership is justified because the benefits outweigh the harms

     
    1. True
    2. False
  8.  

    Hsiao argues that even if the harms of gun ownership outweigh the benefits, that gun ownership is still justified .

     
    1. True
    2. False
  9.  

    The editors of Scientific American draw an analogy between gun regulation and regulation of the following:

     
    1. Prescription drugs

       
    2. Fast foods

       
    3. Building codes

       
    4. Motor vehicles

       
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