Professional Ethics

Order Description
For each question, use no more space than the limits specified in parentheses. It is OK to use less. Answer all the questions. All answers should be typed, double-spaced, with normal margins, etc. Feel free to talk with classmates about the exam, but write your answers individually. To help clarify your answers, cite page numbers wherever possible, but use direct quotes sparingly. The point is to paraphrase. Due Tuesday, November 22nd during class. 40 points total.
1. According to Aristotle, what is the relationship between pleasure and pain? How important is pleasure for a happy life? (3/4 page) 7 points

2. Why does Nietzsche think we need to move past Aristotle’s supposed claim, “Friends, there are no friends” (148-9)? Why does he think “Foes, there are no foes” expresses a higher truth? (3/4 page) 7 points

3. Explain two ways that Marx thinks workers are alienated from their products and one way they are alienated from the process of production. (3/4 page) 7 points

4. According to Arendt, what is the difference between labor and work? Why does she think Smith and Marx’s distinction between productive and unproductive labor is insufficient to capture the more important distinction between labor and work? (3/4 page) 7 points

5. Name and explain at least two double standards that Graeber thinks bureaucracies depend upon. (1/2 page) 5 points

6. What does Graeber take to be the relationship between structural violence and actual violence? Explain why bureaucracies depend upon structural violence. (3/4 page) 7 points