Exam Prep The Death Penalty Chapter.11

Chapter 11: The Death Penalty

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 01

1) Which of the following is not a requirement on the definition of “legal punishment”?a. It must be for an offense against legal rules.

b. It must involve unpleasant consequences.

*c. It must not necessarily be of an actual or supposed offender.

d. It must be intentionally administered by human beings other than the offender.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 02

2) According to retributivist theories of punishment, those who break the law should be punished becausea. doing so will benefit society.

*b. they deserve it.

c. punishment will give them an opportunity to correct their behavior.

d. lawbreakers unconsciously desire to be punished.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 03

3) According to consequentialist theories of punishment, a lawbreaker should be punished only if*a. the punishment would likely produce as much overall intrinsic value as would any other alternative punishment.

b. the punishment is consistent with treating the person as an end in him- or herself.

c. the punishment is proportional to the wrongness of the crime.

d. all of the above

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 04

4) Nathanson supports which of the following kinds of retributivism?a. preventive

*b. proportional

c. equality

d. retaliatory

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 05

5) According to Nathanson, criminals who commit murder forfeit their right toa. life.

b. respect.

*c. privacy.

d. humane treatment.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 06

6) Lex talionis is another name fora. proportional retributivism.

b. the death penalty.

*c. an eye for an eye.

d. the morality of restraint.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 07

7) One message that Nathanson argues we can send by abolishing the death penalty is that*a. we respect the dignity of human life.

b. there are some penalties worse than death.

c. there is no punishment that is proportional to murder.

d. none of the above

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 08

8) Van den Haag suggests that the actual costs of imposing the death penalty are trumped bya. Equality.

b. morality.

c. deterrence.

*d. justice.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 09

9) Van den Haag thinks that we can’t know whether a murderer who receives the death penaltya. is justly punished.

*b. suffers more than the victim.

c. is morally degraded.

d. is punished excessively.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 10

10) Reiman raises objections to the arguments presented bya. Nathanson.

b. Kant.

c. abolitionists.

*d. van den Haag.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 11

11) Reiman suggests that the refusal to execute criminals teaches*a. the wrongfulness of murder.

b. that the death penalty is a better deterrent than life imprisonment.

c. that criminals already face the risk of death.

d. that criminals are usually undeterred by the chance of receiving the death penalty.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 12

12) According to Reiman, van den Haag’s arguments in favor of the death penaltya. are incompatible with the right to retaliation.

b. prove that torture is morally impermissible.

c. should be accepted.

*d. follow common sense.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 13

13) Which of the following is not one of the potentially negative consequences of imposing the death penalty?*a. the prevention of future murders

b. great financial cost

c. the incitement effect

d. the execution of innocent persons

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 14

14) What is the overall percentage of capital cases that are overturned because of serious errors?a. under 50 percent

b. 52 percent

*c. 68 percent

d. 82 percent

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 15

15) The consequentialist approach to punishment is at odds with*a. retributive theories of punishment.

b. perfectionist theories of punishment.

c. legal theories of punishment.

d. preventive theories of punishment.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 16

16) The retributive theory of punishment does not claim thata. wrongdoers deserve to be punished.

*b. specific punishments are justified based on the overall intrinsic value that they produce

c. the punishment should fit the crime.

d. the death penalty might be morally justified in some cases of murder.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 17

17) In response to the argument that the death penalty does not deter murderers, van den Haag claims thata. he is still confident that the threat of the death penalty at least sometimes prevents murder.

b. criminal law is supposed to protect the innocent over murderers.

c. the severity and finality of the death penalty is appropriate to the seriousness and finality of murder.

*d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 18

18) Which of the following is a problem for Kant’s principle of equality and an “eye for an eye” according to Nathanson?a. It fails to tell us what the appropriate punishment would be for all cases of criminal action.

b. It does not provide an adequate measure of moral desert.

c. It requires that we punish criminals in ways that are morally unacceptable.

*d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 19

19) Nathanson proposes a form of retributivism that requires all of the following excepta. a list of crimes ranked according to their seriousness.

b. a scale of punishments that correspond to the seriousness of certain crimes.

c. treating criminals humanely.

*d. the death penalty for the most serious crimes.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 20

20) Nathanson believes that killing another person in self-defense is compatible with

*a. respect for the dignity of persons.

b. the principle of equality.

c. a consequentialist theory of punishment

d. equality retributivism.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 21

21) One of the messages Nathanson believes we can send by abolishing the death penalty is thata. criminals deserve inhumane treatment.

b. killing in self-defense is never morally justified.

*c. we should have respect for the dignity of human beings.

d. murderers should be killed by the state.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 22

22) Van den Haag isa. a distributionist.

b. an abolitionist.

*c. a retentionist.

d. a humanitarian.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 23

23) Van den Haag responds to the “miscarriages of justice” objection by claiming that*a. miscarriages of justice are offset by the moral benefits and usefulness of doing justice.

b. there have been no miscarriages of justice, in the sense used in the objection.

c. miscarriages of justice are inevitable and so irrelevant.

d. none of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 24

24) According to Reiman, van den Haag’s argument leads to the conclusion thata. we should refrain from imposing the death penalty.

b. the refusal to execute criminals has a civilizing effect.

*c. we should institute death by torture.

d. murder is wrong.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 25

25) Reiman could be described as a(n)

a. consequentialist

b. believer in the principle of equality

*c. abolitionist

d. retentionist

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 26

26) The principle of proportionality requires thata. murderers receive the death penalty.

*b. punishments must be in proportion to the crime.

c. we should do to the wrongdoer the same kind of action done to the victim.

d. punishments must be equal to the crime.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 27

27) According to Metz, what is wrong with consequentialist arguments against capital punishment based on African values?*a. It is unclear as of yet whether or not capital punishment deters harm to the community.

b. It is unclear as of yet whether or not capital punishment deters harm to any individuals.

c. Consequentialism is not supported by African values.

d. Even though consequentialism is supported by African values, no consequentialist arguments framed in terms of African values have been offered.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 28

28) Why does Metz think that extant dignity-based arguments based on African values fail?a. It is unclear that they show that capital punishment is degrading, and so therefore wrong.

b. They prove too much. They seem to entail that any instance of killing in self-defense is wrong.

*c. Both A and B

d. None of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 29

29) On Metz’s view, what kind of punishment is justified for wrongdoers?a. Harmful punishment that is proportionate to the harm done by the wrongdoing.

*b. Unfriendly action that is proportionate to the unfriendly wrongdoing, aimed at correcting the wrongdoing.

c. Degradation proportionate to the degrading impacts of the wrongdoing.

d. All of the above.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 30

30) Metz argues that dignity is based in*a. a capacity for communal or friendly relationships

b. a capacity for moral thought

c. a capacity for rational deliberation

d. a capacity for certain kinds of feelings or sentiments

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 01

1) Retentionists think that the death penalty is always morally justified.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 02

2) The retributive theory of punishment is incompatible with the notion of “an eye for an eye.”a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 03

3) Reiman claims that van den Haag’s arguments in favor of the death penalty follow our common-sense intuitions.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 04

4) According to Reiman, criminals would face the risk of death even without the death penalty.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 05

5) Proportional retributivism does not require that convicted murderers be punished by death.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 06

6) Nathanson believe that criminals deserve to be treated humanely.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 07

7) Reiman argues that we should trust our common-sense intuitions about the death penalty.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 08

8) Error rates in capital cases have decreased over time.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 09

9) Sixty-eight percent of the sentences in capital cases are eventually overturned.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 10

10) The average wait for a decision about whether a capital case is error-free is around seven years.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 11

11) Abolitionists do not think that the death penalty is ever morally permissible.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 12

12) Legal punishment does not necessarily need to involve pain or unpleasant consequences.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 13

13) Consequentialists do not need to be concerned with the negative consequences of the death penalty.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 14

14) According to Reiman, if we follow van den Haag’s reasoning about deterrence, then we should institute death by torture to further deter murder.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 15

15) Nathanson believes that killing another person in self-defense is incompatible with respecting the dignity of persons.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 16

16) A retributive theory of punishment requires that murderers receive the death penalty.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 17

17) Van den Haag argues that an equal distribution of the death penalty is more just to convictsa. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 18

18) Van den Haag does not believe that the death penalty is a better or worse deterrent than other forms of punishment.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 19

19) Reiman and Nathanson agree that the refusal to execute criminals would send a message about the wrongfulness of murder.*a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 20

20) Reiman believes that the death penalty is a better deterrent than other forms of punishment.a. True

*b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 01

1) The retributive theory of punishment claims that the punishment for an offense should _________ the crime.a. fit

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 02

2) Liebman et al. claim that reversals of death sentences indicate a misuse of resources.a. financial

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 03

3) Nathanson supports the idea of _________ retributivism.a. proportional

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 04

4) The principle of punishment commonly known as “an eye for an eye” is also known by the Latin name _________.a. lex talionis

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 05

5) Nathanson objects to the equal punishment principle because it does not provide an adequate criterion for determining appropriate levels of _________.a. punishment

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 06

6) Van den Haag believes that the death penalty is no less or better a _________ than other forms of punishment.a. deterrent

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 07

7) Reiman suggests that there are at least _________ reasons to doubt our common-sense intuitions about the death penalty.a. four

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 08

8) According to Reiman, the refusal to execute criminals teaches the _________ of murder.a. wrongfulness

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 09

9) An error that substantially undermines the reliability of the guilty finding or the death sentence imposed at a trial is known as a _________.a. serious error

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 10

10) An error that substantially undermines the reliability of the guilty finding or the death sentence imposed at a trial is known as a _________.a. 68

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 11

11) Legal punishment is punishment administered by a _________.a. legal authority

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 12

12) As of 2012, the death penalty was legal in _________ U.S. states.a. three

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 13

13) One of the messages Nathanson thinks we can send by abolishing the death penalty is the respect for the _________ of human beings.a. dignity

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 14

14) Nathanson rejects Kant’s view of _________ retributivism.a. equality

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 15

15) Van den Haag believes that equality is morally less important than _________ when it comes to the death penalty.a. justice

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 16

16) Van den Haag argues that there is no reason to think that the death penalty is _________.a. degrading

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 17

17) Reiman attempts to show that van den Haag’s argument proves that we should institute _________.a. death by torture

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 18

18) One of the reasons Reiman gives for why we should doubt our common-sense intuitions about the death penalty is that criminals already _________.a. face the risk of death

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 19

19) One of the reasons Reiman gives for why we should doubt our common-sense intuitions about the death penalty is that criminals already _________. Type question here using underscores for your 'blank'a. unfriendly

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Title: Chapter 11 - Question 20

20) Metz argues that the argument against capital punishment based on the right to life as grounded in _________, the Ngumi term for “humanness” fails.a. Ubuntu