Tradeoffs + Abortion Flashcards
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Does Judith Thomson think it’s permissible to push a large man off of a bridge into the path of a speeding trolley, in order to halt trolley, and prevent the deaths of five people on the tracks?
No
Which of the following does Judith Thomson accept?
A. There can be a moral difference between (i) deflecting an existing threat from a larger group onto a smaller group, and (ii) bringing a new threat to bear on the smaller group (in order to save the larger group).
B. There can be NO moral difference between (i) deflecting an existing threat from a larger group onto a smaller group, and (ii) bringing a new threat to bear on the smaller group (in order to save the larger group).
C. Neither a nor b
D. Both a and b
A. There can be a moral difference between (i) deflecting an existing threat from a larger group onto a smaller group, and (ii) bringing a new threat to bear on the smaller group (in order to save the larger group).
Don Marquis claims that to solve the abortion debate, we must provide:
A. A definition of the “right to life”
B. A vindication of the moral worth of all human beings
C. An account of what makes killing wrong
D. All of the above
C. An account of what makes killing wrong
According to Don Marquis, which of the following explains the wrongness of killing?
A. Killing brutalizes the killer
B. Killing deprives its victim of a valuable future
C. Killing discontinues a valuable life
D. The loss that others would experience in the victim’s absence
B. Killing deprives its victim of a valuable future
According to Don Marquis, his argument that abortion is prima facie seriously wrong entails that contraception is also prima facie seriously wrong.
False
What is the Future Like Ours argument?
Depriving a being of the value of a future like ours makes killing it prima facie seriously wrong.
What is Thomson’s suggestion to the Anti-Abortion argument?
You have a right to control your own body, and this right can outweigh (or override) a person’s right to life
