Prima facie

to why euthanasia is morally right. Brandt’s first reason to support his claim is that in order to perform euthanasia there has to be a strong prima facie moral obligation that cannot be done without killing (Brandt). The example he uses is that if a fat person gets stuck in the only exit out a cave and the cave is filling up with water the strong prima facie obligation is that it is okay to kill the person so the other people can survive. When thinking about if it is a good idea to kill the fat…

Over the years there has been a great deal of controversy on the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Currently there are five states in the United States that have legislation allowing individuals that are terminally ill and suffering to make the decision if they want to die and how they want to die. California, Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and Montana are the only states that have the death with dignity legislation. The ethics behind euthanasia and assisted suicide continue to be debated…

The human rights case involving the gender transition of an employee of Garden’s Plus is a prima facie case of discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression. Corroborated by case law, Garden’s Plus unwillingness to accommodate the employee request is contrary to the Ontario Human Rights Code, section 5, which establishes that each person has the right to equal treatment without discrimination based on sex, gender identity and gender expression (Filsinger, 2015, p.…

Since a prima facie case was substantiated under the Equal Pay Act, the court took under consideration the differences in experience between the coworkers, it was determined that experience was the factor other than sex for the difference in pay. The court stated…

Ndeumeni does not appear to argue that the factual findings made by the trial judge were clearly erroneous. Rather, Ndeumeni argues that when viewing the factual findings made by the trial judge in the aggregate, Kemogne has failed to make a prima facie case for fraud. Specifically at issue in this action is whether there was sufficient evidence for a fact-finder to reasonably infer that Ndeumeni acted with the requisite intent to commit fraud when he made the statement at…

action, resulting in gender discrimination and whether the plaintiff established a prima facie case. Title VII makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sex, including the terms, conditions, and privileges of employment and prohibits employers from depriving individuals of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affecting his status as an employee on the basis of sex. The requirements for a prima facie case are the plaintiff is part of a protected class, qualified to do the job,…

The first are the many examples which seem to imply some sort of a priori insight; they seem prima facie difficult to explain empirically (Bonjour, and Devitt 100). The most telling examples of this are the truths of math and logic, such as: "nothing can be red all over and green all over at the same time (BonJour, and Devitt 101). People seem to intuitively…

Huemer argues that a few different arguments that drug war advocates advance are false. One of the arguments Huemer targets is the Harm to Users argument. For this question, lay out the harm to users argument in premise-conclusion form and explain why drug war advocates who like this argument think that each premise is true. After doing this, identify which premise Huemer uses the Howard case to undermine (i.e. identify which premise the Howard case is supposed to show is false). Then, explain…

Introduction The myths surrounding rape and sexual violence currently lie not only within our society but have infiltrated our police, legal system and legislation due to archaic and outdated misconceptions. Important institutional apparatus reform to reflect the current societal change in attitudes towards this crime has resulted in an increase in conviction rates. Most notably the reform of evidence and procedural rules regarding the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act , the Youth Justice…

scrutiny, although he lacked a coercive claim case against speciesism. Now speciesism is the weight given towards a species by rights they should be considered entitled to. Steinbock did claim that there is a certain prima facie that follows harming animals. Now in normal terms prima facie just means that in certain cases where ethics are concerned, most people will see and agree with the claim being made based on the perception of the culture of the people, thereby no further confrontation is…