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11 Cards in this Set
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future-like-ours |
future experiences and projects future projects and accomplishments the things she will value about her life in the future |
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Marquis on wrongful killing |
killing an adult human is wrong because it deprives an individual of a future-like-ours |
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Marquis's Strategy |
1. what makes killing an adult human being wrong? -having a future-like-ours 2. Does a fetus have a future-like-ours?-YES |
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Conclusion |
even if a fetus is not yet a person, killing a fetus would be wrong b/c it has a future-like-ours |
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Utilitarianism |
Trolley: pull lever, 5 saved 1 dies Fat Man: push man, 5 saved 1 dies |
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Doctrine of Doing and Allowing |
Trolley: do nothing, 5 dies 1 lives Fat Man: do nothing, 5 die 1 lives |
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Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) |
It can be morally permissible to cause a harm as a foreseen but unintended side effect, even if it is never morally permissible to intend to bring about that harm |
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DDE |
Trolley: pull lever, 5 live 1 dies Fat Man: do nothing 5 die 1 lives |
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Philippa Foot |
you should pull the lever and not push the fat man but the DDE is the wrong explanation |
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2 kinds of duties |
1. duty to help others 2. duty not to harm others |
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The Trolley Problem |
Utilitarianism: in both cases kill the 1 and save the 5 DDA: in both cases allow the 5 to die DDE: pull lever, don't push fat man (release gas) Foot: pull lever, don't push fat man (don't release gas) |
