Abortion!
What is an abortion?
an intervention performed by a licensed clinician within the limits of state regulations that is intended to terminate a suspected or known pregnancy and that does not result in a live birth
What is Kantianism?
the moral theory that claims that the realization of categorical moral imperatives comes about through duty and respect
What is Utilitarianism?
the moral theory that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its consequences, that is, by its contribution to maximizing the greatest good for the greatest number of people
What is Emotivism?
the moral theory that moral statements serve to express emotional or affective states rather than truths and falsehoods
definition of a moral virtue. Go!
State of character
Concerned with choice
Lying in a mean not absolute but relative to the person
The mean being determined by rational principle
As a person of prudence would judge it
What are two arguments for pro choice?
defends a women’s rights over their own body
psychological and emotional pain/distress
rape and incest
economic hardships
What is the categorical imperative?
the unconditional moral law that applies to all rational beings
This is the the calculus used to determine greatest good for greatest number of people.
What is Hedonistic calculus?
This is the guy associated with emotivism.
Who is Hume?
vice of deficiency and excess for justice
deficiency: injustice
excess: trick question lol
What are two arguments for pro life?
denies basic rights to the unborn
uses tax dollars to support what many do not want to support
accessible to minors without parental support
child birth is natural; abortion is invasive,
adoption altenative
This is the opposite of the categorical imperative because it is conditional with personal motives with specific means.
the hypothetical imperative
This was the guy that made the calculus for utilitarianism.
Who is Jeremy Bentham?
These are the two basic elements of Hume's argument.
What are empiricism and reason's two operations?
These are the prerequisites for courage.
prudence, vulnerability, and fear
What was the Roe v. Wade decision?
1st trimester: up to woman and her physician
2nd trimester: allowed if it is dangerous to a woman's health
3rd trimester: states can decide to ban it
Which version of the categorical imperative is “All maxims are rejected which are not consistent with the will’s own legislation of universal law” and which moral motive does it relate to?
3rd version, pure intention of the will
What do you multiply by in the calculus?
What is extent?
These are reason's two operations.
What are matters of fact and relations of ideas?
This is Fr. John's real name.
What is Raymond?
What's the best thing about abortion jokes?
They never get old!
What is the 1st version of the categorical imperative?
“I should never act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law”
These are the categories in the first instance of the calculus.
What are intensity, duration, certainty, and propinquity?
This is the basic feeling that morality is based on.
What is the benevolent impulse?
This is when Saint Anselm College was founded.
What was 1889?