Question 1

If a woman says she has a right to her body,she is basing her argument on

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A)   Egoism.
B)   Natural law.
C)   Categorical Imperative.
D)   Virtue ethics.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 2

The Roe v.Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling on abortion asserts that a woman should always have a right to abortion if she so chooses.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

According to utilitarian reasoning,abortion is morally unjustified if it will lead to more unhappiness than happiness.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

If some action is immoral,then it follows from this alone that it ought also to be illegal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

To suggest that abortion may be less immoral in Kenya than in Germany is based on

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A)   Utilitarianism.
B)   Natural law.
C)   The Categorical imperative.
D)   Relativism.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

According to the species-based criterion of "Method II",in order to have full moral value and a right to life an individual must have certain person-making characteristics,such as the ability to reason.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

RU486 induces abortion by

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A)   preventing the blastocyte from embedding in the uterine wall.
B)   replacing the amnioitic fluid with saline.
C)   inducing uterine contractions.
D)   inducing early labor.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

According to the Roe v.Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling,there is a fundamental right to privacy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

To claim that before Roe v.Wade there were thousands of women dying as a result of illegal abortions is making an argument based on

Accepted Answer

A)   Utilitarianism.
B)   Virtue ethics.
C)   Categorical Imperative.
D)   Relativism.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

People who argue that abortions lead to a lack of adoptable babies are basing their argument on

Accepted Answer

A)   Utilitarianism.
B)   Natural law.
C)   Categorical Imperative.
D)   Egoism.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

The ratio of boys to girls in some sections of China today is

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A)   96:100
B)   115:100
C)   124:100
D)   120:100E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

MacKinnon listed all the following as stages of fetal development except

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A)   Fertilization.
B)   Viability.
C)   Sensory awareness.
D)   Quickening.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

According to Thomson and her violinist analogy based argument,if the fetus is thought to be a human being then abortion is not morally permissible.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 14

A blastocyst is a

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A)   Ball of cells.
B)   Type of abortion procedure.
C)   Concept the pro-life camp uses to scare women.
D)   Ovum.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

Sex-selective abortion is legal in

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A)   the U.K.
B)   Canada
C)   Germany
D)   the U.S.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

According to Thomson,if one has a right to life one has a right to whatever is necessary to sustain that life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In using "Method I" to determine the morality of abortion we need to pick a point in fetal development and then tell what is present and why this is significant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Do all arguments regarding abortion need to determine what is the moral status of the fetus? Explain.

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Apart from the issue of what arguments a...

Question 19

What is the difference between Method I and Method II.

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Method I strictly considers points in fetal development and asks what is present,when,and why that matters.Method II considers the issue more broadly and asks what gives any being moral status,whether it is membership in a particular species or whether it is possession of some characteristics either potentially or actually.

Question 20

Judith Jarvis Thompson creates an analogy about

Accepted Answer

A)   A child able to talk within the womb.
B)   A woman being denied a right to job.
C)   A woman awakes to find her body being used to give life support to a violinist.
D)   A man who is pregnant.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Exam 11: Abortion

If a woman says she has a right to her body,she is basing her argument on

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The Roe v.Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling on abortion asserts that a woman should always have a right to abortion if she so chooses.

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According to utilitarian reasoning,abortion is morally unjustified if it will lead to more unhappiness than happiness.

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If some action is immoral,then it follows from this alone that it ought also to be illegal.

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To suggest that abortion may be less immoral in Kenya than in Germany is based on

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According to the species-based criterion of "Method II",in order to have full moral value and a right to life an individual must have certain person-making characteristics,such as the ability to reason.

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RU486 induces abortion by

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According to the Roe v.Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling,there is a fundamental right to privacy.

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To claim that before Roe v.Wade there were thousands of women dying as a result of illegal abortions is making an argument based on

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People who argue that abortions lead to a lack of adoptable babies are basing their argument on

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The ratio of boys to girls in some sections of China today is

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According to Thomson and her violinist analogy based argument,if the fetus is thought to be a human being then abortion is not morally permissible.

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In using "Method I" to determine the morality of abortion we need to pick a point in fetal development and then tell what is present and why this is significant.

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