Chapter 5

Question 0

what are demographics affecting reproduction in western society?

Answer 0

higher living standards = lower birth rates

Question 1

How is democracy defined?

Answer 1

Decentralization of power through the masses

Question 2

What common probelm has been medicalized into a non-lethal disease?

Answer 2

infertility

Question 3

What causes have led to infertility being classed as a nonlethal disease

Answer 3

desire to control all aspects of life
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decline of religion

Question 4

What drives people to promote fertility treatments

Answer 4

lotsa money to be made

Question 5

What is the procreative liberty argument?

Answer 5

reproductive descisions are a product of autonomy

Question 6

What principle supports the procreative liberty argument?

Answer 6

the Harm principle

Question 7

What are two weaknesses of the reproductive autonomy argument?

Answer 7

Market place values in the family

Autonomy tries to trump all other moral principles

Question 8

What question does utility ask in assisted reproduction?

Answer 8

Is the greatest happiness raised?

Question 9

What question does deontology ask about assisted reproduction?

Answer 9

Is autonomy/dignity preserved?

Question 10

What problem is encountered by virtue ethics in regards to assisted reproduction?

Answer 10

Problematic because it focuses on the autonomy of the decision maker

Question 11

What did alexander pope say

Answer 11

Whatever is, is right

Question 12

What does natural law assert?

Answer 12

the essence of a thing is the principle to which it ought to be maintained

Question 13

What sticky wicket makes market place values conflict with fertility treatment?

Answer 13

production usually produces products, but fertility treatments produce subjects

Question 14

What distinction is not sufficiently recognized in market place fertility treatments

Answer 14

subject/object

Question 15

market place values are in conflict with what values of the family?

Answer 15

care

Question 16

feminist critique of fertility treatments

Answer 16

the treatments are inherently more threatening to the mother

Question 17

what is it called when a woman sells her body for a child to be made by her, besides prostitution?

Answer 17

surrogacy

Question 18

who was jaycee buzzanca

Answer 18

a girl who had 8 people who could claim part in her creation

Question 19

Why is anonimity a bad thing with regards to sperm and egg donation?

Answer 19

The child can be adversely effected not knowing who their biological father is

Question 20

In what way is fertility treatment more dangerous for women than men?

Answer 20

In donation, a surgery must be performed on women to remove eggs, but men just need to ejaculate

Question 21

what other concerns rise about surrogate mothers?

Answer 21

objectifies the woman, she is an end, just a tool

Question 22

What is asymmetry in assisted reproduction practices?

Answer 22

One of the parents is just the social parent, while the other parent is both the genetic and social parent

Question 23

what is a concern with asymmetrical parenting secrecy from the child?

Answer 23

it will eventually come around and bite you in the butt

Question 24

what is a feminist concern of surrogate mothers?

Answer 24

The surrogate can go through the emotional and physical pain of pregnancy

Question 25

What does IVF stand for

Answer 25

In Vitro Fertilization

Question 26

who was the first “test tube” baby? In what year

Answer 26

Louise Brown, 1978

Question 27

what are weaknesses of the procreative liberty argument?

Answer 27

ethics are framed around marketing reproductive decisions that reflect badly in real life

Question 28

What dangers are associated with conceiving a child through IVF?

Answer 28

Increased chances of getting cancer, and twice the likelihood of the child developing a defect