Question 1

Wollstonecraft argues that women's biological limitations are the source of their subjugation to men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Cole argues that the traditional standpoint in epistemology is that of middle-class white men of science.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Feminist epistemology focuses most of its attention on the "situated knower."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Beauvoir asserts that "the female function__________.

Accepted Answer

A)   is not enough to define woman"
B)   defines woman"
C)   is enough to change social systems"
D)   is equivalent to the eternal feminine"E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

__________ is an important and influential philosopher who denigrated women by claiming that women are incapable of acting according to principles.

Accepted Answer

A)   Aristotle
B)   Mill
C)   Kant
D)   RousseauE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Wollstonecraft thinks that genuine differences between men and women result in women's status as subjugated to men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Wollstonecraft believes that women's poor mental health is evidenced by forced __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   childbirth
B)   conduct and manners
C)   labor
D)   marriageE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Woman as __________ means woman does not claim herself as subject.

Accepted Answer

A)   object
B)   Other
C)   being
D)   appendageE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Feminist ethics is an approach to ethics aimed at, among other things, advancing a Kantian conception of duty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Feminism is both a movement and __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an approach to social and intellectual issues
B)   of particular interest to all women.
C)   a style of scientific investigation
D)   a historical moment that has been superseded by other concernsE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Wollstonecraft argues that humanity's true happiness and ultimate perfection lie in the development of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   reason, emotional competence, and knowledge
B)   reason, virtue, and knowledge
C)   reason, virtue, and religious faith
D)   happiness, virtue, and knowledgeE) All of the above
F) A) and D) B

Question 12

Beauvoir distinguishes between __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   sociology and philosophy
B)   public and private
C)   biology and gender
D)   man and womanE) A) and C)
F) C) and D) C

Question 13

Feminist ethics is, among other things, __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   sympathetic to the traditional philosophical emphasis on principles and autonomy
B)   equivalent to care ethics
C)   an approach to morality aimed at advancing the idea that women and men are morally equal
D)   an approach to morality aimed at advancing the idea that women are morally superior to menE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

__________ argues that women's oppression can be lifted only if there is real freedom and true equality of both men and women-equality in education, working conditions and salaries, sexuality, marriage, motherhood, the care of children, and more.

Accepted Answer

A)   Beauvoir
B)   Wollstonecraft
C)   Noddings
D)   HeldE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 15

According to Beauvoir, gender differences are biologically determined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Feminists argue that, among other things, prejudices against women lead to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   much-needed discussions about the role of women in society
B)   widespread discrediting of women's ideas and experience
C)   policies that enforce equity
D)   an unbalanced lifeE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

__________ is an important and influential philosopher who acknowledged the intellectual abilities of women.

Accepted Answer

A)   Aristotle
B)   Mill
C)   Kant
D)   RousseauE) None of the above
F) A) and D) B

Question 18

According to Held, care ethics values, rather than rejects, emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The least controversial feminist epistemology is feminist postmodernism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Cole, traditional epistemology has mistakenly assumed that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   knowledge is possible
B)   conditions of knowing are homogeneous
C)   truth is objective
D)   knowledge is true, justified beliefE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Exam 16: Feminist Philosophers

Wollstonecraft argues that women's biological limitations are the source of their subjugation to men.

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Cole argues that the traditional standpoint in epistemology is that of middle-class white men of science.

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Feminist epistemology focuses most of its attention on the "situated knower."

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Beauvoir asserts that "the female function__________.

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__________ is an important and influential philosopher who denigrated women by claiming that women are incapable of acting according to principles.

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Wollstonecraft thinks that genuine differences between men and women result in women's status as subjugated to men.

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Wollstonecraft believes that women's poor mental health is evidenced by forced __________.

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Woman as __________ means woman does not claim herself as subject.

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Feminist ethics is an approach to ethics aimed at, among other things, advancing a Kantian conception of duty.

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Feminism is both a movement and __________.

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Wollstonecraft argues that humanity's true happiness and ultimate perfection lie in the development of __________.

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Beauvoir distinguishes between __________.

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Feminist ethics is, among other things, __________.

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__________ argues that women's oppression can be lifted only if there is real freedom and true equality of both men and women-equality in education, working conditions and salaries, sexuality, marriage, motherhood, the care of children, and more.

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According to Beauvoir, gender differences are biologically determined.

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Feminists argue that, among other things, prejudices against women lead to __________.

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__________ is an important and influential philosopher who acknowledged the intellectual abilities of women.

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According to Held, care ethics values, rather than rejects, emotions.

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The least controversial feminist epistemology is feminist postmodernism.

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According to Cole, traditional epistemology has mistakenly assumed that __________.

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