Philosophy 104: Business Ethics

Russell Marcus, Instructor. Email me.

Queens College, Spring 2007

Information Regarding the Second Midterm Examination

The Second Midterm will be given on Friday, April 27.

It will consist of twelve questions, culled from the following boldfaced questions on Reading Guides #4-6. You will be asked to answer ten of them.

RG#4:

Plato: 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19

Herodotus: 1, 2

Benedict: 1, 2, 7, 8

Pojman: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 18, 20, 21, 25

RG#5:

Mill: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7

Bentham: 2, 3

Nozick: 1, 2, 4

Nielsen: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12

Harwood: 1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 16

RG#6:

Kant: 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28

Feldman: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 14

Note that some of these questions have overlapping answers.

In some cases, I may combine questions on the exam, so that one exam question may be two Reading Guide questions.

Neither notes nor texts will be allowed to be used during the exam.

Please remember that you must hand in your exam before leaving the classroom for any reason.

If you leave the room, you will not be permitted to return and resume the exam.

Success in this course depends on being able to discuss

a) what the philosophers say;

b) why they say it; and

c) whether they are right or wrong (i.e. provide some considered critical comments).

I do not expect you to provide each of a, b, and c for each question on the exam. But the best papers will include elements of critical analysis as well as the more mudane explication of the readings.

Feel free to email me with any questions, or sample answers, for my feedback.