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15 Cards in this Set
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Racism |
A belief that one race is superior to all others |
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Euthanasia |
An act of practicing of killing or allowing someone to die on the grounds of mercy |
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Active Euthanasia |
Morally permissible (killing of patient |
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Passive Euthanasia |
Morally permissible (withdrawing/ withholding life support) |
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Voluntary Euthanasia |
The patient has consented to the active bringing of their death or mean of allowing to die |
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Nonvolutary Euthanasia |
The patient does not give consent |
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Involuntary Euthanasia |
The patient expresses desire to not be the subject of euthanasia. |
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Abortion |
Termination of a pregnancy before viability |
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Zygote |
Fertilized ovum |
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Embryo |
Unborn offspring (weeks 2-4) |
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Fetus |
An unborn vertebrate animal that has developed to the point of having the basic structure that is characteristic of its kind. (Weeks 8-birth) |
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Implantation |
the attachment of the fertilized egg to the uterine lining, which occurs approximately 6 or 7 days after conception |
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Viability |
The stage where it is possible for the fetus to survive outside the uterus (weeks 23-birth) |
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Direct moral standing |
Possessing properties of virtue of which it has moral standing |
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Indirect moral standing |
It's standing depends entirely on its being related to something else that has direct moral standing. |
