Exam 1

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The strongest and best reason why disability advocates bouvias decision to die

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lack of resources and lack of flexible support fro disabled persons left her with only the false choice to die

Front 2

it is TRUE that the support study said

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competent people do not accurately predict what they will find as an acceptable quality of life when they are later faced with decisions about continuing to live paralyzed or on a respirator

Front 3

when bouvia ultimately won her case, the judges based her right to die on which part of the us constitution?

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the implied right to privacy or personal liberty

Front 4

in the case of Larry MacAfee, which was false?

Back 4

he was married and had a child

Front 5

which of these is true?

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Larry MacAfee went through a 1 million dollar insurance policy

Front 6

which of the following is true about the case of Elizabeth bouvia?

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judge hews kept Elizabeth alive bc he feared her death would bring depressing effects on other handicapped people

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paul longmore dislikes movies such as million dollar baby and whos life is it anyway because

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all the above.

the never show how lack of resources lead to the disabled to kill themselves

often portray people as alone

they paint a false choice that disabled people must live a low quality life or be heroically autonomous and kill themselves

they glorify autonomy

Front 8

which philosopher was opposed to the idea that terminal patient could take their own life

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Immanuel Kant

Front 9

which of these names refers to an organization that promotes autonomy and palliative care for terminal patients?

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compassionate choices

Front 10

the major objection by disability advocates to increased emphasis on autonomy for patients such as MacAfee and bouvia is

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they think scare resources drive patients to make autonomous decisions to die

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what did imanual Kant believe?

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the consequences do not determine weather or not an action is moral or immoral

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who said that you must never treat another human as a mear means?

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Immanuel Kant

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who went by deontological ethics?

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Kant

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describe utilitarianism

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also known as consequentialism, or more specifically rule utilitarianism meaning what matters most are the consequences

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who believed that the number of beings affected is what counts ?

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john Stewart mill

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john stewart mill

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everyone counts the same. greatest good for the greatest number. things that will promote the most happiness

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what two kinds of slippery slopes are there?

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logical and empirical

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what is a logical slippery slope?

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from a to e, if e is not acceptable then neither is a

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what is empirical slippery slope?

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allowing one person to do it opens the door to a flood ...once the person speeds everyone else will follow

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AD hominem

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attack the argument not the person

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Tu Quoque (you too)

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meaning you too, you have also done it

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straw man

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attributing to your opponent an argument that he/she would not make because it is so weak

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red herring

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a distracting thing that may look related to the argument but is not. it lacks relevance

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post hoc, ergo proper hoc

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every time I drop my pen someone else around the world dies

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appeal to authority

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it is alright to appeal to an authority if they are on authority to the subject

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ad populum

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everyone does it

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false dichotomy

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false narrowing choices

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equiviocation

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using language in a unclear way.

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autonomy

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respect for an individuals right to self determination (when possible)

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beneficence

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helping others/compassion

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non maleficence

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not doing something that causes more harm than good when the harm is intended. the harm can be avoidable

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justice

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social and political status/ethnicity/gender standings... no grounds such as these should justify differences in the quality of medical care

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how does euthanasia and assisted suicide differ?

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there does not need to be a belief that the death is ultimately of benefit to the person taking their own life

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what is euthanasia?

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X intentionally kills Y or permits Y's death for Y's benefit

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what is passive euthanasia?

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allowing someone to die bc of holding medical treatment

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what is active euthanasia

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playing a role in someone's death

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what is voluntary euthanasia

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the patient agrees to their own death

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what is non-voluntary euthanasia

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EX: when someone removes life-support from someone in a bad state. the patient has not agreed nor disagreed

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what is involuntary euthanasia

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patient says they don't want to die but someone decides dying is in their best interest

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what was Elizabeth bouvia's state

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she was clinically depressed and wanted passive euthanasia. she also had cerbal pausey

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what part of the constitution decided bouvias decision

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a right to privacy; the government cant interfere. privacy requires no one's approval

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who took Larry MacAfee's case

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Russ Fine; disability advocate

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who was the man that suffered severe burns and wished to die rather to continue treatment ?

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Dax Cowart

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what did disability advocate Paul Longmore believe

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the courts are inclined to believe that a seriously disabled person wants to end their life. he believes this is a mistaken assumption

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what did St. Augustine argue

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only killing under the command of God is okay

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what did david hume believe ?

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a man who commits suicide does no harm to society; only to do good

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what was Holland's four rules on requesting to die

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the patient must be competent, request repeated, physicians must consult other physicians, patient must be in pain w/o likelihood of improvement

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what is Oregon's death with dignity act

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patient must be; competent, have less than 6 months to live, wait 15 days before filling death causing prescriptions

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who was Dr. Kevorkian

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he was made famous by assisting over 100 American to die.

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after how many weeks does an embryo become a fetus ?

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9 weeks

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what the doctrine of double effect ?

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when the life of the mother is at stake

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what did roe v wade declare regarding abortion

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it granted abortion anytime before the end of the 2nd trimeste

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palliative care

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not giving up on patients but forgoing experimental treatment