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Roe v. Wade and Justice White's dissent (1973)correct answers casuistic response (legal parameters doesn't exhaust factors, parameters thought about in legal basis); many people feel strongly about the case, but don't actually read it -7 to 2 decision -strikes down any categorical abortion restriction laws passed by states -women have a right to decide for themselves in the first trimester: state laws restricting this overturned; majority of US states; why weighty decision -based on prote...

What are the four principles? correct answer: 1) Autonomy (Respecting decision making capacity) 2) Nonmaleficence (Avoiding causation of harm) 3) Beneficence (Providing benefits, balancing risks & costs) 4) Justice (Fairly distributing benefits, risks, costs) Ethics correct answer: Way of studying, examining, and understanding moral life Normative ethics correct answer: How we OUGHT to behave/do Non-normative ethics correct answer: Establishes what IS the case Descriptive non-...

4 main principles that create obligations correct answer: Non-malefience, beneficence, respect for autonomy, justice Hippocrates correct answer: 5th century BC created main thing of to do no harm nonmaleficence non-malefience correct answer: the obligation to do no harm beneficence correct answer: the obligation to do good respect for autonomy (self-rule) correct answer: from Immanuel Kant, our capacity to say whats best for ourselves, patient gets to make the decision (dr gives...

the current laws relating to artificial insemination a. do not forbid artificial insemination b. state that the donor father must provide a potion of the child's support c. provide for the records that relate to the donor to remain open d. clarify the child's legitimacy e. all of the above correct answer: do not forbid artificial insemination the baby M case is an example of a. problems encountered with fertility drugs b. problems relating to the practice of eugentics c. problems ...

Theological Bioethics Midterm IDs Questions and Answers (Graded A)Theological Bioethics Midterm IDs Questions and Answers (Graded A)Theological Bioethics Midterm IDs Questions and Answers (Graded A)ethics - ANSWER--Sustained and intentional reflection on morality and the moral life with analysis, discernment, reasoning, and argument -Process of evaluation, negotiation, discourse, and reasoning about fundamental phenomenon of human morality bioethics - ANSWER-the ethics of medical and biologi...

BELL QUIZ 1-1 correct answer: True or False: The discipline of bioethics is the study of the biological sciences and how biology provides answers to our ultimate questions about the meaning of life. includes some study of the biomedical/logical sciences. correct answer: False True or False: The discipline of bioethics includes environmental or ecological ethics and the study of the good stewardship of Earth, of agriculture and in fact, of the whole biosphere of living things. correct an...

Ten Leaky Buckets correct answer: presenting a series of severally unsound arguments as if their mere conjunction might render them collectively valid: something that needs to be distinguished carefully from the accumulation of evidence, where every item possesses some weight in its own right. Argument from Nature correct answer: The argument from Nature Stated baldly the argument from Nature boils down to the assertion: this is not natural, therefore this is morally wrong. Playing God c...

making jokes in the discussion board is correct answer: not permitted if your computer shuts down in the middle of a quiz correct answer: email the instructor tell him what happened and he will reset the quiz for you the first time it happens EVERY week there will be correct answer: one or two quizzes and discussion questions announcements should be checked correct answer: every day or at least every other day under what tab will the student find weekly quizzes, discussions, and ...

BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS