exam 2 - feinberg

Question 1

conflict of rights

two

Answer 1

right to self defense
rright to bodily autonomy

Question 2

strict proportionality thesis

Answer 2

you can’t do more harm than threatened with

Question 3

self defense and proportionality

Answer 3

most people think it’s okay to kill in self defense to save you own life

Question 4

lenient proportionality thesis

Answer 4

you can do somewhat more harm than threatened with

Question 5

when can someone justify abortion as self defense?

Answer 5

if general belief is lenient and if pregnancy threatens to injure woman

Question 6

growing baby example

thomson

Answer 6

baby continues to grow and it will squish you once large enough

Question 7

feinberg’s response to growing baby

Answer 7

you can kill it if it threatens to kill you, but what if it wouldn’t kill, but just injure?

Question 8

when does strict proportionality apply?

Answer 8

against innocent beings

Question 9

innocent aggressors

trapped in elevator with someone not responsible for their actions

Answer 9

killing is justified if it’s the only option

Question 10

objection to innocent aggressors

Answer 10

it seems like it imples that abortion is permissible when life is threatened and when it’s not

Question 11

feinberg’s response about innocent aggressors

Answer 11

fetus is only innocent and only threatens a woman’s body by simply developing

Question 12

right to bodily autonomy

Answer 12

violinist case isn’t analogous to pregnancy because you had nothing to do with violinist’s ailment
in ‘normal’ cases, the woman take voluntary action to getting pregnant

Question 13

feinberg’s view on responsibility objection

Answer 13

whether a woman has duty to keep her pregnancy depends on how responsible she is for being pregnant

Question 14

speedboat example

Answer 14

you’re driving a speedboat so recklessly that someone falls out and is drowning
- you’re morally obligated to save that person’s life because it was your fault

Question 15

how does speedboat example tie to abortion

Answer 15

in consenting to sex, a woman also consents to consequences of sex (waives vs forfeits)

Question 16

contraceptive failure explanation

feinberg

Answer 16

• risk of pregnancy is 1%
• risk is taken
• pregnancy happens

abortion is impermissible

Question 17

faulty contraception

feinberg

Answer 17

• thinks risk is 1% for pregnancy
• takes risk
• gets pregnant
• but faulty contraception raises risk to 20%, which wasn’t agreed upon

abortion is permissible

Question 18

in which cases is abortion permissible?

feinberg

Answer 18

• life threatening situations
• rape
• faulty contraception