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Exploring Ethics, Sixth Edition
Cahn
Chapter 24
Rights, Obligations, and World Hunger
Onora O’Neill
[NOTE: Questions marked with “*” also appear in the student self quizzes on Learning Link.]
Multiple Choice
1. O’Neill’s preferred approach to the problem of world hunger is inspired by*
a. the human rights movement.
b. Aristotle.
c. Kant.
d. utilitarianism.
2. Utilitarianism takes _______ as the ultimate moral standard for assessing actions.
a. human needs
b. justice
c. impartiality
d. human happiness
3. O’Neill argues that the main difficulty facing utilitarianism as an approach to world hunger is that utilitarianism*
a. is too demanding.
b. lacks precise methods for predicting and calculating happiness.
c. leads to unjust outcomes.
d. violates human rights.
4. According to O’Neill, the human rights approach interprets the central issues of world hunger as a matter of*
a. justice.
b. charity.
c. beneficence.
d. economics.
5. Rights to food or basic health care are examples of _______ rights.*
a. liberty
b. welfare
c. civil
d. political
6. Liberty rights create corresponding obligations of
a. beneficence.
b. noninterference.
c. assistance.
d. All of the above
7. O’Neill argues that the main difficulty for the human rights approach to world hunger is that
a. it is not demanding enough.
b. it lacks precise methods.
c. there is disagreement about the rights that justice comprises.
d. it is too demanding.
8. According to Kant’s moral philosophy, the fundamental principles of action must be
a. shareable.
b. based on human needs.
c. happiness maximizing.
d. All of the above
9. O’Neill argues that we have a(n) _______ to the world’s poor that requires us to avoid making “offers they cannot refuse.”*
a. imperfect obligation
b. duty of charity
c. obligation of noncoercion
d. duty of benevolence
10. In Kant’s moral philosophy, _______ obligations are not universal and have no corresponding rights.
a. imperfect
b. contingent
c. conditional
d. relative
True or False
11. According to O’Neill, utilitarianism assigns no special importance to human needs.*
a. True
b. False
12. According to O’Neill, justice accounts for the whole of morality.
a. True
b. False
13. Because we cannot help everyone, O’Neill argues that we have no moral obligation to help anyone.
a. True
b. False
14. According to Kant, human obligations are obligations never to act in ways in which others cannot in principle also act.*
a. True
b. False
15. According to O’Neill, the rights perspective undercuts the moral status of charity by treating it as a matter of supererogation rather than obligation.*
a. True
b. False
Essay
16. Why does O’Neill object to the utilitarian approach to world hunger? Is her objection compelling? Why or why not?
17. What is the difference between a “liberty” and “welfare” conception of rights? What impact does each conception have on our duties to the poor? Which conception is right in your view?
18. What obligations does O’Neill think we have to the poor? Do you think these obligations are sufficient for addressing the problem of world hunger? Why or why not?