Deck 11: Pornography

Question 1

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The reason why a tobacco company that manufactured cigarettes that caused a man's emphysema might be held legally liable for damages.

Answer 1

Harm

Question 2

The legal definition of "obscenity" includes the notion of community standards.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The view that people should not have easy access to pornography because it is believed to be psychologically unhealthy for them, reinforcing immature sexual behavior or attitudes.

Answer 3

Legal Paternalism

Question 4

John Stewart Mill, in the selection from "On Liberty," argues that over one's own body and mind, the individual

A) Is sovereign
B) Must be subjected to the public good
C) Should practice self control
D) Is without responsibility to the community

Question 5

Legal paternalism refers to preventing people who participate in pornography from doing harm to

A) Women in society
B) Themselves
C) Children
D) Social values

Question 6

John Stuart Mill's views exemplify the principle of legal moralism.

Question 7

According to Mackinnon the estimated amount Americans spend on pornography each year is about

A) 6 hundred million dollars
B) 2 billion dollars
C) 12 billion dollars
D) 20 billion dollars

Question 8

Which of the following is not listed among the Liberty Limiting Principles?

A) The offense principle
B) The social harm principle
C) Legal paternalism
D) The minor protection principle

Question 9

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The view that a society that does not have strong families and a certain amount of self-discipline (for example, of the passions) will become a weakened society. Thus to the extent proliferation of pornography would weaken the society in these ways, it may be rightfully regulated.

Question 10

Which of the following is not mentioned as a form of pornography in MacKinnon's text?

A) Sex toys
B) Three dimensional art forms
C) Computerized games
D) Songs

Question 11

To say that something is immoral necessarily implies that it also ought to be illegal.

Question 12

Ann Garry suggests that Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin drafted civil ordinances that categorize pornography as

A) Immoral
B) Sex-discrimination
C) A form of rape
D) A form of expression protected by the 1^st amendment

Question 13

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The basis of the view that one can only restrict people's right to smoke if and to the extent that it endangers the health of others.

Question 14

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The view that prostitution involves perverted and improper uses of sex and thus is wrong and ought on those grounds to be legally prohibited.

Question 15

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The probable primary reason for drug testing of airline pilots and imposing flying restrictions on those testing "positive" for certain drugs.

Question 16

Which of the following is not an argument from the text relative to feminism and pornography?

A) Pornography presents women as wanting to be raped.
B) Pornography creates attitudes that keep women second-class citizens.
C) Restricting pornography restricts women's rights to free speech.
D) Men who profit from pornography should be convicted of sexual abuse.

Question 17

According to the Social Harm principle, if some society is a free market society and some practices are a serious threat to it, then these practices can be curtailed by legal force.

Question 18

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) Regulations of pornographic displays on the grounds and in cases where a nonconsenting adult cannot avoid seeing and being upset (feeling shame or being made to feel ill at ease) by them.

Question 19

According to Legal Paternalism a society may make legal regulations that prevent people from doing serious harm to themselves.

Question 20

The harm principle argues that people involved in pornography

A) Act out pornographic impressions in real life
B) Do harm to themselves without being aware of the harm thy are causing
C) Make the society less livable
D) Have a difficult time finding sexual partners

Question 21

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) Prohibition of certain types of pornography as contributing to treating women as objects or second-class citizens.