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Ethic's Unit test 3

Ethics PHI -110

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According to Thomson, The right to life is a right to ... Not be killed unjustly
According to Thomson, What is the relationship between the right to life and the right to decide what happens to ones body? D. None of the above. (the right to life more important, the right to body more important, the two never conflict)
In the case of the violinist, Thomson thinks It would be nice of you to remain attached but you are not obligated to do so.
Many people claim that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception. In her paper, Thomson.. both disagrees with this claim, and also grants this claim for the sake of argument.
The case of the burglar is supposed to show that ( thomson) D. None of the above. (fetuses aren't always innocent, Abortion is morally permissible ONLY in cases of failed contraception, if you could have prevented some outcome, then you are obligated to accept that outcome. )
The case of the violinist is supposed to show that (Thomson) The right to life is NOT always more morally important than the right to decide what happens to one's body
Thomson Claims that a woman grants a fetus a right to the use of her body whenever she has... D. None of the above (intercourse, voluntarily or without using protection)
Thomson claims that no one has the right to the use of your body unless.. you grant him the right to it
When does Thomson think that abortion is morally impermissible When the woman has given the fetus the right to use her body
Which of the following claims does Thomson think is true? Abortion is sometimes morally impermissible.
According to Marquis, any plausible account of what makes killin wrong must appeal to the effect it has on The person killed
According to Marquis, Standard anti abortion arguments rely on a moral principle concerning the wrongness of killing that is too broad in scope.
In what what way is Marquis's criticism of abortion distinct from those that appeal to the wrongness of killing potential persons His view does not appeal to the category of personhood
Marquis admits that his account would be implausible if it could be shown that his account entails that contraception is wrong.
Marquis Claims that killing is wrong primarily because it deprives the victim a future of value
Marquis claims that one can have a future like ours only if one D. none of the above ( is human, places value on one's future, understands the idea that one has a future)
Marquis rejects the claim that one's future is valuable only if one values it bacause it cannot account for the fact that a suicidal young person might have a valuable future.
Marquis thinks that abortion is... Almost always impermissible
Marquis's account of the wrongness of killing entails that it is wrong to kill some humans and some animals
Why doesn't Marquis think that his theory entails that contraception is wrong? In cases of contraception, there is no identifiable subject of harm.
McMahan - Individuals with handguns are no match for a Modern army
McMahan - no longer believe that a "well regulated Militia" is necessary to the security of a free state accourdig to the now obsolete second amendment
According to McMahan , the right of self-defense is derived from a more fundamental right.
According to McMahan, in what way are guns different from alcohol and drugs? The desire for alcohol and drugs does not depend on what others do, but the desire for a gun does depend on what others do.
If gun ownership had a robust deterrent effects, we should expect - McMahan The United States to have less crime then the other developed societies
According to McMahan, the central pillar of the case for private gun ownership is the claim that We are all safer when more individuals own guns
According to McMahan, the prohibition of guns would effect the right of self defense how? It would eliminate one effective means of self defense
What best summarizes McMahan's conclusions The United States should ban private gun ownership entirely or almost entirely.
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