HSS 4107 Midterm questions with
complete answers to pass!
3 foundational principles/ethos of life - correct answer ✔✔1) sanctity of life ethos
2) qualified sanctity of life ethos
3) quality of life ethos
list 3 normative assumptions for sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔- Stewardship: life is a
loan from god
- suffering has transcendent meaning
- divine wrath
Describe sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔Life is sacred and of infinite value, one
cannot intentionally hasten their death by either acts of commission or omission
list 3 normative assumptions for qualified sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔- die
naturally, not unnaturally
- suffering is justified for intended death
- slippery slope
Describe qualified sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔one cannot intentionally hasten
death through commission, but can allow death through omission
Describe quality of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔can intentionally hasten death through acts of
commission or omission based on quality of life
,list 3 normative assumptions of quality of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔- autonomy
- suffering is subjective
- safeguards are feasible and flexible
When did Canadian supreme court deem criminal code division against assisted suicide
UNCONSTITUTIONAL - correct answer ✔✔2015
When was MAID legalized in Canada? - correct answer ✔✔2016
Who was it?
_____________ was a terminally ill, 47-year old competent adult who asked for physician
assisted death. Her request was denied by the supreme court of Canada was rejected in 1993;
She was violating the sanctity of life ethos and that an individuals right to life and death did not
override the sanctity of life ethos ; people feared there was going to be a slippery slope. -
correct answer ✔✔Sue Rodriguez
_____________ was the first Canadian who thinks the sanctity of life should be challenged -
correct answer ✔✔Nancy B
After _____________ (person's name), negative acts/omission were allowed in Canada - correct
answer ✔✔Nancy B
What was it?
_____________ killed his daughter for compassionate reasons, because she was suffering. -
correct answer ✔✔Robert Latimer
What was it?
, _____________ wanted MAID for her terminal illness, but at the time, the only form was in
Pills. She wanted an injection because she knew later on in her disease, she wouldn't be able to
swallow pills. - correct answer ✔✔Gloria Taylor
3 sections of Canadian Charter of Rights argued in Carter v Canada case - correct answer ✔✔-
Section 7: everyone has constitutional right to life, liberty and security
- Section 15: equality clause
- Section 1: Limitations clause
3 Reasons why supreme court deemed criminal code overreaching in this case of Carter v
Canada (Nancy B granted MAID) - correct answer ✔✔- she was not vulnerable
- no evidence that she showed a danger to the community
- exaggerating danger on a whim
2 reasons why justices denied Sue Rodriguez's request for MAID - correct answer ✔✔- slippery
slop
- offends sanctity of life
what was the argument in
Carter v Canada, Section 7: everyone has constitutional right to life, liberty and security - correct
answer ✔✔Law is forcing you to end your life earlier (because you could not swallow pills later
on), since doctors cannot give injection.
What what was the argument in
Carter v Canada, Section 15: equality clause - correct answer ✔✔- Everyone has legal protection
under law and you cannot discriminate under law: race, sex, religion, disability
- People with disabilities should have equal access to suicide
complete answers to pass!
3 foundational principles/ethos of life - correct answer ✔✔1) sanctity of life ethos
2) qualified sanctity of life ethos
3) quality of life ethos
list 3 normative assumptions for sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔- Stewardship: life is a
loan from god
- suffering has transcendent meaning
- divine wrath
Describe sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔Life is sacred and of infinite value, one
cannot intentionally hasten their death by either acts of commission or omission
list 3 normative assumptions for qualified sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔- die
naturally, not unnaturally
- suffering is justified for intended death
- slippery slope
Describe qualified sanctity of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔one cannot intentionally hasten
death through commission, but can allow death through omission
Describe quality of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔can intentionally hasten death through acts of
commission or omission based on quality of life
,list 3 normative assumptions of quality of life ethos - correct answer ✔✔- autonomy
- suffering is subjective
- safeguards are feasible and flexible
When did Canadian supreme court deem criminal code division against assisted suicide
UNCONSTITUTIONAL - correct answer ✔✔2015
When was MAID legalized in Canada? - correct answer ✔✔2016
Who was it?
_____________ was a terminally ill, 47-year old competent adult who asked for physician
assisted death. Her request was denied by the supreme court of Canada was rejected in 1993;
She was violating the sanctity of life ethos and that an individuals right to life and death did not
override the sanctity of life ethos ; people feared there was going to be a slippery slope. -
correct answer ✔✔Sue Rodriguez
_____________ was the first Canadian who thinks the sanctity of life should be challenged -
correct answer ✔✔Nancy B
After _____________ (person's name), negative acts/omission were allowed in Canada - correct
answer ✔✔Nancy B
What was it?
_____________ killed his daughter for compassionate reasons, because she was suffering. -
correct answer ✔✔Robert Latimer
What was it?
, _____________ wanted MAID for her terminal illness, but at the time, the only form was in
Pills. She wanted an injection because she knew later on in her disease, she wouldn't be able to
swallow pills. - correct answer ✔✔Gloria Taylor
3 sections of Canadian Charter of Rights argued in Carter v Canada case - correct answer ✔✔-
Section 7: everyone has constitutional right to life, liberty and security
- Section 15: equality clause
- Section 1: Limitations clause
3 Reasons why supreme court deemed criminal code overreaching in this case of Carter v
Canada (Nancy B granted MAID) - correct answer ✔✔- she was not vulnerable
- no evidence that she showed a danger to the community
- exaggerating danger on a whim
2 reasons why justices denied Sue Rodriguez's request for MAID - correct answer ✔✔- slippery
slop
- offends sanctity of life
what was the argument in
Carter v Canada, Section 7: everyone has constitutional right to life, liberty and security - correct
answer ✔✔Law is forcing you to end your life earlier (because you could not swallow pills later
on), since doctors cannot give injection.
What what was the argument in
Carter v Canada, Section 15: equality clause - correct answer ✔✔- Everyone has legal protection
under law and you cannot discriminate under law: race, sex, religion, disability
- People with disabilities should have equal access to suicide
