Bioethics Final Exam (Already Graded A)

Roe v Wade correct answers (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy Personhood correct answers -the quality or condition of being an individual person -specify a cut-off point after which the unborn becomes a person and has rights, acquired gradually during the course of the pregnancy, something that is conferred upon the fetus rather than something intrinsic to it Right of Life correct answers -the most basic human right -unborn individual is a person and therefore possesses a right to life Right of Body correct answers -the right to your own body, you own your own body and can do whatever you want with it -do not acknowledge the new human life as "one of us" in the full sense, at least not unless it is "wanted" or passes some other sorts of tests Thomson's Violinist Case correct answers abortion is generally not immoral even if the prenatal have the same moral status as the postnatal, imagine being hooked up to famous violinist who depends on you for life support for 9 months, you would be morally justified in unhooking yourself, result in death of violinist therefore pregant woman is justified in unhooking herself from fetus even if fetus dies a Right of Self Defense correct answers philosophy that victims under attack are justified to use as much force as necessary to protect themselves and their property from harm Pro-Life Feminism correct answers All of the first wave feminists who expressed a view about abortion opposed it in the strongest possible terms, They regarded it with horror both because of the destruction of the unborn child and because of its effects on women who were driven to it by their powerless position and by male sexual selfishness Social Effects of Abortion correct answers Species Membership correct answers An animal that has the active (or internally directed) potential to exhibit distinctively human ways of thinking and behaving is a person—that is to say a rights bearer, from the point at which it first came to be Personhood Gradualism correct answers personhood is acquired gradually during the course of the pregnancy Conscientious Refusal correct answers The responsibility to refuse to carry out directives that are illegal and/or unethical Animation/Quickening correct answers relation of the soul to the human person Traditional Formed/Unformed Embryos Distinction correct answers unformed fetus possess lesser status than one that is fully formed Jewish "Breath of Life" correct answers God has breathed into us the breath of life