DATE
Monday 9/11, in class
GOAL
- The point of this quiz (worth 5% of your course grade) is for you to review what we've done so far and so you can see what the midterm and final will be like.
- Based on how you do on this quiz, you may decide you're on top of things. Or you may decide you need to approach the class differently--perhaps by taking more notes, doing the reading more carefully, or whatever.
MECHANICS
- Closed everything
- You'll be writing on paper
- You'll have 25 minutes (and we'll have class afterwards)
- There will be 4 questions and you'll answer 2
- The sample question below will be one of the 4 questions
SAMPLE QUESTION (this will be one of the questions on the quiz)
(1) Baxter advocates anthropocentrism as an approach to the environment. (a) Explain what the position says. (b) One of his arguments in support of anthropocentrism says that if we viewed penguins as having inherent value, we wouldn't be able to say how much value they have and we wouldn't know what to give up for their sake. Explain how Peter Singer would respond to this argument. (c) Discuss how Baxter would respond to Singer, using specific ideas from his article.
ADVICE
- Use all the materials available:
- your own notes
- blog posts (but don't memorize or repeat word-for-word)
- the readings
- feedback on your RRs
- Answer questions as fully as you can in the time available.
- Make sure you understand what an "argument" is.
REVIEW
We'll review for the quiz a bit on on Friday 9/8.