Does one who kills another "deserve" to die? Why or why not? Are there circumstances that would change your answer? Make two lists (perhaps using a table with two columns). In one column, list the circumstances in which a killer would deserve to die; in the other, list circumstances in which a killer would NOT deserve to die. Now analyze factors that set the two lists apart, such as:
Qualities of the killer?
Previous circumstances or actions of the victim?
Qualities of the victim?
Qualities of the intention behind the act?
Features of the society in which the killing takes place?
Calculations of the likely consequences of assigning that particular penalty to that kind of act?
What does the exercise tell you about your tendency to rely on deontological or utilitarian reasoning? What does it tell you about your sense of the sacredness of human life?
Does one who kills another "deserve" to die? Why or why not? Are there circumstances that would change your answer? Make two lists (perhaps using a table with two columns). In one column, list the circumstances in which a killer would deserve to die; in the other, list circumstances in which a killer would NOT deserve to die. Now analyze factors that set the two lists apart, such as:
Qualities of the killer?
Previous circumstances or actions of the victim?
Qualities of the victim?
Qualities of the intention behind the act?
Features of the society in which the killing takes place?
Calculations of the likely consequences of assigning that particular penalty to that kind of act?
What does the exercise tell you about your tendency to rely on deontological or utilitarian reasoning? What does it tell you about your sense of the sacredness of human life?
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Jeff McMahan contends that objections to screening and selection aren't strong enough to show that it is wrong.
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QUESTION 2
According to James Rachels, Jones behaved better, morally speaking, than Smith.
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QUESTION 3
Utilitarians (aka consequentialists) are likely to see a moral difference between killing and letting die.
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QUESTION 4
According to Winston Nesbitt, being prepared to let someone die is morally equivalent to being prepared to kill someone.
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QUESTION 5
Which of the following are common critiques of eugenics? More than one answer my be correct.
Conventionally positive traits such as "beauty," "intelligence," or "creativity" are not likely the result of a single gene, but are rather the results of complex genetic factors as well as social and environmental conditions. So, selecting for these positive traits would not be very easy or effective. | ||
Most people carry recessive genes for hereditary diseases, so counseling couples who both have a particular defective gene will not eliminate that gene from the population. | ||
If we have the ability to improve the human race, then we ought to do it. | ||
Some genetic conditions, like Down syndrome, hereditary deafness, and autism provide valuable diversity to the world and should therefore not be eliminated from the population. |
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QUESTION 6
Which of the following is not true about the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
The ACA requires almost all Americans to carry health insurance to avoid a tax penalty. | ||
Under the ACA, if an employer's insurance plan costs an employee more than 9.5% of the employee's income, he or she may opt to do an ACA exchange and purchase their own insurance. | ||
The ACA has achieved its goal of expanding coverage to all Americans. | ||
The ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage to applicants due to preexisting conditions. |
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QUESTION 7
Y and Z argue that, in their case, letting them die is morally the same as killing them.
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QUESTION 8
The Survival Lottery denies an absolute right to life in exchange for increasing everyone's chances of living a long life.
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QUESTION 9
According to Winston Nesbitt, our moral evaluation of a person should not only be based on what the person in question does, but what they are prepared to do.
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QUESTION 10
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act permits physicians to administer lethal drugs to their terminally ill patients.
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