PH310 - Exam 2 Questions With
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Rachels agrees with the American Medical Association's policy on euthanasia. -
ANSWER False
According to Rachels, the cessation of treatment of a terminally ill patient is: - ANSWER
the intentional taking of a life
According to Brock, which of these ethical values supports the ethical permissibility of
euthanasia? - ANSWER self-determination
According to Wolf, women are at greater risk than men of: - ANSWER inadequate pain
relief, inadequate health insurance, poverty
According to Brock, nonvoluntary euthanasia is: - ANSWER potentially an unwanted
side-effect of permitting voluntary euthanasia
According to Brock, the patient's right of self-determination - ANSWER does not entitle
patients to compel physicians to act contrary to their own moral values
According to Rachels, the distinction between active and passive euthanasia: -
ANSWER leads to decisions of life and death on irrelevant grounds.
According to Brock, the distinction between active and passive is: - ANSWER significant
in the area of euthanasia
According to the textbook authors, the complexity of the legal and moral issues involved
in refusing treatment: - ANSWER is greater when the patient is a defective newborn.
The American Medical Association considers active euthanasia immoral. - ANSWER
True
According to Rachels, killing is: - ANSWER not in itself worse than letting die.
According to Wolf, legally and morally instituting physician-assisted suicide and
euthanasia is: - ANSWER premature
According to Wolf, in analyzing euthanasia we should consider justice and _____: -
ANSWER care
What right did the U.S. Supreme Court recognize for competent patients in the Cruzan
decision? - ANSWER The right to refuse life-preserving medical treatment.
According to Wolf, what the patient may do and what the physician may do must be
, considered as separate questions in the euthanasia debate - ANSWER true
According to Rachels, active euthanasia is preferable to passive euthanasia. - ANSWER
True
According to Velleman, the "dignity" invoked to support euthanasia: - ANSWER is not
the same as the sense invoked by Kant
According to the textbook authors, the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary
treatment is too vague to be useful to doctors. - ANSWER False
Which conclusion is reached by Velleman? - ANSWER people are morally entitled to be
allowed or helped to die
What is involuntary euthanasia? - ANSWER Euthanasia when the patient never made
preferences known.
According to the Presidential Commission, the idea of managing or manipulating biology
to identify or develop specific characteristics is - ANSWER not new
Tooley believes cloning is immoral because we all have a right to genetic uniqueness. -
ANSWER False
What do abortion opponents who believe that a human embryo is a person believe about
human cloning for scientific research? - ANSWER It is immoral, as a human life is being
destroyed.
Which of the following is not a benefit of human cloning raised by Tooley? - ANSWER It
would decrease government control over our lives.
Genetic determinism claims that genes determine everything about us and
environmental factors are insignificant. - ANSWER True
For Lauritzen, the fundamental question surrounding stem cell research is: - ANSWER
The future presented by biotechnology.
According to the Presidential Commission, intellectual freedom - ANSWER should
always be balanced with the accountability of individuals
By "Brave New World Style Objections" to human cloning, Tooley means objections
based on: - ANSWER the fear of mass clonings for dictatorial purposes.
If human cloning becomes available, it would be very easy to clone humans without their
consent. - ANSWER True
The majority on the President's Council on Bioethic's report on human cloning, during
the administration of George W. Bush, called for: - ANSWER a four-year moratorium on
cloning for biomedical research.
President Bush's President's Council on Bioethics urged that human cloning for
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Rachels agrees with the American Medical Association's policy on euthanasia. -
ANSWER False
According to Rachels, the cessation of treatment of a terminally ill patient is: - ANSWER
the intentional taking of a life
According to Brock, which of these ethical values supports the ethical permissibility of
euthanasia? - ANSWER self-determination
According to Wolf, women are at greater risk than men of: - ANSWER inadequate pain
relief, inadequate health insurance, poverty
According to Brock, nonvoluntary euthanasia is: - ANSWER potentially an unwanted
side-effect of permitting voluntary euthanasia
According to Brock, the patient's right of self-determination - ANSWER does not entitle
patients to compel physicians to act contrary to their own moral values
According to Rachels, the distinction between active and passive euthanasia: -
ANSWER leads to decisions of life and death on irrelevant grounds.
According to Brock, the distinction between active and passive is: - ANSWER significant
in the area of euthanasia
According to the textbook authors, the complexity of the legal and moral issues involved
in refusing treatment: - ANSWER is greater when the patient is a defective newborn.
The American Medical Association considers active euthanasia immoral. - ANSWER
True
According to Rachels, killing is: - ANSWER not in itself worse than letting die.
According to Wolf, legally and morally instituting physician-assisted suicide and
euthanasia is: - ANSWER premature
According to Wolf, in analyzing euthanasia we should consider justice and _____: -
ANSWER care
What right did the U.S. Supreme Court recognize for competent patients in the Cruzan
decision? - ANSWER The right to refuse life-preserving medical treatment.
According to Wolf, what the patient may do and what the physician may do must be
, considered as separate questions in the euthanasia debate - ANSWER true
According to Rachels, active euthanasia is preferable to passive euthanasia. - ANSWER
True
According to Velleman, the "dignity" invoked to support euthanasia: - ANSWER is not
the same as the sense invoked by Kant
According to the textbook authors, the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary
treatment is too vague to be useful to doctors. - ANSWER False
Which conclusion is reached by Velleman? - ANSWER people are morally entitled to be
allowed or helped to die
What is involuntary euthanasia? - ANSWER Euthanasia when the patient never made
preferences known.
According to the Presidential Commission, the idea of managing or manipulating biology
to identify or develop specific characteristics is - ANSWER not new
Tooley believes cloning is immoral because we all have a right to genetic uniqueness. -
ANSWER False
What do abortion opponents who believe that a human embryo is a person believe about
human cloning for scientific research? - ANSWER It is immoral, as a human life is being
destroyed.
Which of the following is not a benefit of human cloning raised by Tooley? - ANSWER It
would decrease government control over our lives.
Genetic determinism claims that genes determine everything about us and
environmental factors are insignificant. - ANSWER True
For Lauritzen, the fundamental question surrounding stem cell research is: - ANSWER
The future presented by biotechnology.
According to the Presidential Commission, intellectual freedom - ANSWER should
always be balanced with the accountability of individuals
By "Brave New World Style Objections" to human cloning, Tooley means objections
based on: - ANSWER the fear of mass clonings for dictatorial purposes.
If human cloning becomes available, it would be very easy to clone humans without their
consent. - ANSWER True
The majority on the President's Council on Bioethic's report on human cloning, during
the administration of George W. Bush, called for: - ANSWER a four-year moratorium on
cloning for biomedical research.
President Bush's President's Council on Bioethics urged that human cloning for
