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The use of elections to select the holders of public office is the fundamental process of ______.

The general welfare clause and necessary and proper clause are examples of ______ powers.

Which of the following differences may explain the varying tax capacity and effort between states?

Sales taxes are an example of forced consumption taxes.

Voting tends to pick up during competitive races because voters ______.

According to Aristotle’s ethics, [answer1] are virtues of the part of the soul that can “listen to and obey reason” while [answer2] are virtues of the part of the soul that has reason itself.

Which of the following best describes the role of contemplation in a flourishing life on Aristotle’s view?

In 1998 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted in the suicide of Thomas Youk, a patient suffering from advanced Lou Gehrig’s disease who had decided that death was preferable to living with the pain caused by the illness.  Kevorkian gave Youk a lethal injection of drugs, and the incident was taped and broadcast on the television program 60 Minutes.  First, analyze this case from the point of view of the ethical theory of (Bentham-style) utilitarianism. As a first step, define what utilitarianism is.  Then, explain whether or not Kevorkian’s act of lethal injection was morally permissible according to this theory. Second, analyze the case using the principle of double effect. Again, you’ll need to begin by defining what the principle of double effect is. Was Kevorkian’s act permissible according to this principle—why or why not?

What is the “doctrine of the mean” in Aristotle’s ethics?

How does John Stuart Mill reply to the objection that it’s not practical to constantly calculate the utility of every possible action we could perform?