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University of Pittsburgh, Fall Term 1998
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Ben Eggleston, Instructor
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Philosophy 0300—CRN 35193: Introduction to Ethics
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mailbox: CL 1001—office: CL 1428E
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Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. to 8:10 p.m., in CL 142
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office hours: Tuesdays, 5:15–6:15, and Thursdays, 4:40–5:40
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Internet: http://www.pitt.edu/~jbest3/Ethics.html
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e-mail: jbest3+@pitt.edu
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Quiz no. 4, make-up no. 1
December 8, 1998
On the front of this sheet of paper, answer each of the following questions.
Provide a distinct answer for each question, numbering your answers as
you proceed. Before turning in your quiz, fold this sheet of paper in half,
lengthwise (i.e., so that the crease goes from top to botton, down the
middle), and write your name on the back. Only answers written on the front
will influence your grade, and nothing written on the front should reveal
your identity.
- How, according to Wright, do both Darwin and Freud have cynical views
of human nature?
- Why might someone with a Darwinian view of the mind be suspicious of
moral feelings and moral discourse? In other words, why might it be difficult
for someone with a Darwinian view of the mind keep taking morality seriously?
- How, according to Wright, is the new Darwinian paradigm morally conservative
but not politically conservative?
- What does Wright say are the first two steps toward “correcting the
moral biases built into us by natural selection”?