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The benefits argument relates to....
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Rachel's argument of moral principle.
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What is the standard form of the benefits argument?
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1) if we can benefit someone, without harming another, we ought to do so.
2) Transplanting the organs would benefit other children sigh out harming baby Theresa. ---------- Therefore, we ought to do so. |
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Name the three arguments that support premise 2..
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1) Degree of harm is minimal, if anything.
2) No quality of life 3) No prospects. |
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What objections are there to premise 2?
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Is medical evidence unquestionably accurate? Is there any chance of baby Theresa surviving?
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What is the chance of baby Theresa surviving?
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Where this event occurred, America, majority of cases of anenphaly are found and aborted early in the pregnancy. Those that are not are still born (50%). And those that survive, only live a few days.
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State the argument for Theresa's quality of life..
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Theresa has no current quality of life, and would not suffer any harm if she were to die immediately, rather than in a few days.
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Might Theresa have a chance at a meaningful life?
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No. All previous cases, where a baby suffered from anencephaly, resulted in them only surviving a few days, at most.
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The debate centres around what two arguments of Rachel's?
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Wrongness of killing, we should not use people as a means.
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What is the main objection to premise 2 of the means argument?
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Should baby Theresa be counted as a person? With no quality of life, and no prospects, no chance of survival. We should reject that baby Theresa is a person.
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Is there an objection to Rachel's argument that it is wrong to kill?
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Baby Theresa has no chance of survival. Ultimately, she will face death sooner or later. Should other children that actually have a chance of survival be denied organs of a child who, in the most qualified surgeons eyes, have already considered dead? In this case, and in future cases, a level of leeway should be considered, in order to satisfy.
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