Philosophy Exam 3 with all Correct & 100% Verified
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According to James Rachels, the 1973 AMA statement...
forbids euthanasia in all forms
forbids active euthanasia but allows passive euthanasia
forbids passive euthanasia but allows active euthanasia
None of the Above ✔Correct Answer-forbids active euthanasia but allows passive euthanasia.
According to Rachels, there is no morally relevant difference between active and passive
euthanasia T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
According to Rachels there is an important moral difference between killing and letting die. T or
F ✔Correct Answer-False
What fault does Rachels find with the original AMA statement?
He thinks its wrong to withhold treatment if doing so allows someone to die
He thinks we have moral duty to preserve life at all costs
He thinks the AMA statement allows unnecessary suffering
All of the Above ✔Correct Answer-He thinks the AMA statement allows unnecessary suffering
According to Rachels, the AMA policy allows decisions to be made on irrelevant grounds. T or F
✔Correct Answer-True
According to Rachels, the cessation of the employment of extraordinary means is the
intentional termination of life by passive means. T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
According to Steinbock, the cessation of the employment of extraordinary means is the
intentional termination of life by passive means. T or F ✔Correct Answer-False
According to the article, "Decisions Near the End of Life,"which is the basis of the new AMA
statement on euthanasia
, a doctor can withhold treatment if the patient chooses, even if withdrawing treatment hastens
death
if a patient requests, a doctor can give a dose a pain medicine that will likely hasten the death of
the patient if the intention is not to hasten death, but to relieve pain
Both of he above are allowed and neither is regarded as euthanasia, according to the article
None of the above ✔Correct Answer-Both of the above are allowed and neither is regarded as
euthanasia, according to the article.
Hastening death is the same thing as intending death, according to the new AMA statements. T
or F ✔Correct Answer-False
Which of the following does Steinbock accept?
If a doctor withdraws treatment to respect a patient's autonomous choice, the doctor has
committed passive euthanasia.
If a doctor intentionally takes a person's life, the act is not euthanasia if the doctor did it to end
the patient's suffering.
Both of the above
None of the above ✔Correct Answer-None of the above
According to utilitarianism, there is no morally relevant difference between killing and letting
die. T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
According to Peter Singer, there is no morally relevant difference between killing and letting die.
T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
Singer believes that we should reject the view that rights should be understood as negative
rights. T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
If a person has a negative right to something (a negative right to life, liberty, property, for
example), that negative right requires that others provide something to the person with the
right. T or F ✔Correct Answer-False
Which of the following are true?
Peter Singer is a utilitarian.
Singer believes that if we can prevent something bad from happening without thereby
sacrificing anything of comparable moral worth, then we ought morally to do it.
Absolute poverty is bad.
Those who live in the kind of affluence that most Americans enjoy have the resources to
alleviate some of the suffering associated with absolute poverty.
All of the above. ✔Correct Answer-All of the Above
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According to James Rachels, the 1973 AMA statement...
forbids euthanasia in all forms
forbids active euthanasia but allows passive euthanasia
forbids passive euthanasia but allows active euthanasia
None of the Above ✔Correct Answer-forbids active euthanasia but allows passive euthanasia.
According to Rachels, there is no morally relevant difference between active and passive
euthanasia T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
According to Rachels there is an important moral difference between killing and letting die. T or
F ✔Correct Answer-False
What fault does Rachels find with the original AMA statement?
He thinks its wrong to withhold treatment if doing so allows someone to die
He thinks we have moral duty to preserve life at all costs
He thinks the AMA statement allows unnecessary suffering
All of the Above ✔Correct Answer-He thinks the AMA statement allows unnecessary suffering
According to Rachels, the AMA policy allows decisions to be made on irrelevant grounds. T or F
✔Correct Answer-True
According to Rachels, the cessation of the employment of extraordinary means is the
intentional termination of life by passive means. T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
According to Steinbock, the cessation of the employment of extraordinary means is the
intentional termination of life by passive means. T or F ✔Correct Answer-False
According to the article, "Decisions Near the End of Life,"which is the basis of the new AMA
statement on euthanasia
, a doctor can withhold treatment if the patient chooses, even if withdrawing treatment hastens
death
if a patient requests, a doctor can give a dose a pain medicine that will likely hasten the death of
the patient if the intention is not to hasten death, but to relieve pain
Both of he above are allowed and neither is regarded as euthanasia, according to the article
None of the above ✔Correct Answer-Both of the above are allowed and neither is regarded as
euthanasia, according to the article.
Hastening death is the same thing as intending death, according to the new AMA statements. T
or F ✔Correct Answer-False
Which of the following does Steinbock accept?
If a doctor withdraws treatment to respect a patient's autonomous choice, the doctor has
committed passive euthanasia.
If a doctor intentionally takes a person's life, the act is not euthanasia if the doctor did it to end
the patient's suffering.
Both of the above
None of the above ✔Correct Answer-None of the above
According to utilitarianism, there is no morally relevant difference between killing and letting
die. T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
According to Peter Singer, there is no morally relevant difference between killing and letting die.
T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
Singer believes that we should reject the view that rights should be understood as negative
rights. T or F ✔Correct Answer-True
If a person has a negative right to something (a negative right to life, liberty, property, for
example), that negative right requires that others provide something to the person with the
right. T or F ✔Correct Answer-False
Which of the following are true?
Peter Singer is a utilitarian.
Singer believes that if we can prevent something bad from happening without thereby
sacrificing anything of comparable moral worth, then we ought morally to do it.
Absolute poverty is bad.
Those who live in the kind of affluence that most Americans enjoy have the resources to
alleviate some of the suffering associated with absolute poverty.
All of the above. ✔Correct Answer-All of the Above
