2022年01月25日
QUESTIONS
Part 1 (Comprehension Questions ):
- What is an interstellar cargo transport called in the first part of Doug MacKay’s talk?
- How many middle-aged individuals is it currently transporting from some of Earth’s poorest districts to the labor center on New Lindley?
- What is the luxury space cruiser called?
- Why is the Pareto sending them careening towards an asteroid belt?
- How many college students headed for a vacation aboard the Pareto?
- What is that ethical view first systematically developed by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill?
- What is utilitarianism?
- Who argues that we should give priority to the worse off since benefits to those groups matter more than equivalent benefits to the well-off?
- What is the meaning of philosopher Derek Parfit’s view?
- Who argued that numbers don’t count and that each person is deserving of equal concern and respect, so the best way to decide which passengers to save is to flip a coin?
Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):
- Would you like to live in the country or the city?
- Would you rather have beauty or brains?
- If you could choose, would you like to be wealthy or well known?
- Would you like to go on holiday to a beach or go camping in a forest?
- Which is better tea or coffee?
- Are cats better than dogs?
- Would you rather lose your sight or lose your mobility?
- Would you rather be a doctor or a lawyer?
- Is it better to earn lots of money in a boring job or a little money in a job you absolutely love?
- Have you noticed how many varieties of the same food there are in a supermarket? Why do supermarkets have 60 types of olive oil and 30 types of cheese?
