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Match the description with the name of the concept that best fits the description. A hint: at least one of the concepts will not be a correct answer for any of the descriptions.

Write a brief characterization (2-3 sentences) for the following concept: Act Utilitarianism

Write a brief characterization (2-3 sentences) for the following concept: Macroallocation

Why might one think that there is not a morally significant difference between killing and letting die?

Which of the following best describes the Revisionist view of the Cold War?

What happens when you scan a QR code with your smartphone?

Explain the two different senses of informed consent, how they might ‘come apart,’ and why this is morally significant.

How can one argue that there should not be a right to health care?  What conception of justice does this argument depend upon?

Briefly address (3-4 sentences) the following prompt: How could someone justify running a placebo-controlled clinical trial in the third world when that same trial would be unethical in the first world? 

Briefly address (3-4 sentences) the following prompt: How can an Egalitarian argue for a right to health care?