Application Of Ethical Theories To Issues Of Human Life And Death Flashcards
Who is in control of licenses for Embryo Research?
What is the UK law on Embryo Research?
What is in virto
What is Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis?
What is Saviour Siblings technology?
What are the purpose of embryo research?
How are embryos sourced?
What are designer babies?
Why would Natural Moral Law reject embryo research based on primary precepts?
Finish the quote CCC 2377
How would Natural Moral Law respond to the issue of the destruction of embryos?
How would Natural Moral Law respond to the issue of the creation of Designer Babies?
Finish the quote CCC 2275
Finish the quote CCC 2275
What would Fletcher say about the status of the embryo?
What was Fletcher view on the techniques used?
Finish the quote: ‘Man is a..
…maker and a selector and a designer’ (Ethical Aspects Of Genetic Controls, Fletcher)
How did Fletcher view the purpose of the techniques?
Finish the quote: ‘‘If human rights conflict with human needs…
…let needs prevail’ (Ethical Aspects Of Genetic Controls, Fletcher)
What would Virtue Ethics say over the status of the embryo?
How would Virtue Ethics view the destruction of embryos?
How would the virtue of compassion be applied to the techniques used?
How would the virtue of justice be applied to the techniques used?
How would the virtue of courage be applied to the techniques used?
What is a problem with Virtue Ethics and it’s application to techniques used?
When was abortion legalised in the UK?
What requirements allow an abortion to be allowed up to 24 weeks?
What requirements allow an abortion to be allowed up to a full term?
Why would Natural Moral Law reject abortion?
What did Pope John Paul II see abortion as?
Why would the Catholic Church permit abortion?
What did Fletcher say about the interests of an actual person compared to the embryo?
How would Situation Ethics respond to abortion?
Finish the quote: ‘no unwanted child…
…should ever be born’ (Situation Ethics, Fletcher)
Finish the quote: ‘the truly ethical question not whether we can justify abortion…
…but whether we can justify compulsory pregnancy’ (Ethical Aspects of Genetic Controls, Fletcher)
What did Aristotle say about abortion?
What is context to Aristotle’s views of abortion?
How would modern Virtue Ethicists respond to abortion?
Where is euthanasia legal in mainland Europe?
Why would Natural Moral Law reject voluntary euthanasia?
When would the Catholic Church allow Euthanasia?
CCC 2280
What were Fletcher’s views on legalising voluntary euthanasia?
What factors would a situationist take into account?
Finish the quote: ‘To prolong life uselessly…
…is to attack the moral status of a person’ (Morals and Medicine, Fletcher)
How did Aristotle view murder?
What was the Hippocratic Oath?
Why did Aristotle oppose suicide?
What virtues would be applied to voluntary euthanasia/assisted suicide?
Finish the quote: ‘To seek death in order to escape poverty…
…is not the act of a courageous man, but rather of a coward’
When was the death penalty suspended and abolished in the UK?
How does the EU view the death penalty?
How did Aquinas view capital punishment?
How does the Catholic Church view capital punishment?
CCC 2267
What are Situation Ethics’ views on capital punishment?
Why would we assume Aristotle would not reprimand capital punishment?
What virtue would be applied to capital punishment and why?
Finish the quote: ‘all virtue is summed up…
…in dealing justly’ (Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle)
How would Aristotle’s understanding of justice influence Virtue Ethics view on capital punishment?
What else must be considering in Virtue Ethics around the issue of capital punishment?
