Philosophy 2715F/G Lecture 1: week 1
9 Mar 2017
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Joseph maraachli was born on january 22, 2010: healthy at birth, may 2010 experienced a seizure, diag(cid:374)osis of leigh"s disease. Infantile subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy: rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease, symptoms begin within first year of life, developmental regression, poor muscle tone, decreased control of movement, no curative treatment, death within several years (2-7 years of life) Standard valid arguments: arguments known to be valid, we will discuss four types, modus ponens, modus tollens, hypothetical syllogism, disjunctive syllogism. P1: if a tracheotomy will cause baby joseph to suffer needlessly, then the tracheotomy should not be allowed. C: thus, the tracheotomy should not be allowed. X = tracheotomy will cause baby joseph to suffer needlessly. Y = the tracheotomy should not be allowed. If the parents are deciding the responsibly for baby j, then the decision is in his best interests. The decision is not in his best interests. Thus, the parents are not deciding responsibly for baby j.
