Logic/Reasoning/Arguments
Ethical Theory
Abortion
Euthanasia
Death Penalty
100
An argument that is valid and has all true premises is...?
sound
100
According to hedonism, what is the only intrinsic good?
pleasure
100
If a women doesn't invite a fetus in, but gets pregnant and, 8 months later, decides to have an abortion because she wants to travel, this abortion would be .......(how would Thomson evaluate it)?
Just but indecent
100
Giving a patient a high dose of morphine to relieve his pain, while foreseeing that he'll die, is known as:
Terminal Sedation
100
Someone who says that capital punishment is permissible because it gives the criminal what she deserves endorses what theory of punishment?........; Someone who endorses the claim that capital punishment is permissible because it decreases the number of murders endorses what theory of punishment?
Retributivism; deterrence theory 
200
What does it take for an argument to be valid?
A valid argument is one that if the premises are true, the conclusion must follow.
200
What is the deontologist's main objection to utilitarianism?
It has no room for the inherent value of individual,and thus no room for moral rights (it views individuals to be mere receptacles of value)
200
Don Marquis argues that it's wrong to kill a fetus because:
the fetus has a FLO
200
The "Conventional Doctrine" accepts what two claims?

(1) passive euthanasia is permissible

(2) active euthanasia is impermissible

200
According to Nathanson, what's the best form of retributivism?
Desert Retributivism
300
"Hume's Law" says what....?
You can't derive an ought from an is.
300
What are the three fundamental moral rights of individuals, according to a deontologist?
the rights to life, liberty, body
300
According to Thomson, the right to life does not automatically imply the right to.......:

the right to the bare minimum one needs for survival

(such as the right to the use of another's body)

300
What's the main claim that Rachels defends in his paper? 
If passive euthanasia is permissible, than so is active euthanasia
300
The best bet argument says...?
We can bet for capital punishment, and thus on behalf of the innocent, or we can bet against capital punishment, and thus on behalf of murderers
400
Good moral arguments contain at least what two things (besides a conclusion):

(1) A moral principle

(2) A factual claim

400
Moral rights ___________________ other important moral considerations (like social utility)
trump
400
According to Thomson, even if, under certain conditions, a woman has a right to remove the fetus from her, this never means she has the right to....?
the death of the fetus
400
The Smith and Jones example is supposed to show that...?
Killing is not worse than letting die, other things equal
400
Why, according to Van den Haag, does the death penalty recognize the humanity of murderers?
It treats them like rational, morally responsible beings, i.e., humans
500
What type of fallacy does this argument commit?


Pleasure is the greatest good. After all, there is no good that is greater than pleasure.

Begging the question
500
What's the ultimate principle of morality, according to Utilitarianism? According to deontology?
(1) Maximize net happiness for all sentient beings

(2) Treat individuals with inherent value with respect

500
According to Thomson, the right to life implies what other right?
The right not to be killed unjustly.
500
According to Gay Williams, Euthanasia is ______________ because it violates the nature and dignity of humans.
Inherently wrong
500
According to Van den Haag, deterrence is not decisive for him. Why? 

Because the death penalty is still justified on the grounds of retribution. 

"I would favor the death penalty as retribution even if it were shown that the threat of execution could not deter prospective murderer not already deterred by the threat of imprisonment"
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