Philosophy 2715F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Modus Tollens, Modus Ponens, Slippery Slope
28 Jan 2017
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Healthcare ethics lecture 4 january 18, 2017. Do the study questions for the articles. The nature of an embryo is to develop into a rational agent (w/ moral status) It has a rational nature: the kind of being that either currently has a rationality or has a potential to develop rationality. All beings w/ a rational nature are entitled to respect. P1: if an embryo has a rational nature then it is wrong to kill it. P2: an embryo has a rational nature. C: it is wrong to kill an embryo: an example of modus ponens (if x, then y. x. Attack premise 1: why is it wrong to kill a person: violates the autonomous will of the person, thwarts his or her hopes and desires. The wrong-making feature of killing is not the being"s rational nature , it is the fact that it actually possesses rationality.
