Born or Not, That’s the Question
This stage, once thought significant in abortion debates, is now considered medically irrelevant to personhood.
What is quickening?
If someone believes there’s no moral difference between killing and letting die, they likely support this conclusion about euthanasia.
What is "If passive euthanasia is permissible, then active euthanasia is permissible"?
Justice in health care often relies on this principle, meaning equals should be treated equally unless morally relevant reasons say otherwise.
What is impartiality?
Sorting patients to maximize survival in an emergency is known as this.
What is triage?
Since 1901, Earth’s average temperature has changed by this amount.
What is an increase of about 1.8° F?
This form of racism arises from institutional and systemic operations, not individual intent.
What is structural racism?
John Stuart Mill argued power over individuals is justified only to prevent this.
What is harm to others?
When an unplanned killing occurs in the heat of the moment, the crime is usually this.
What is manslaughter?
Both pro-life and pro-choice supporters agree on this moral principle.
What is "It is wrong to kill an innocent person"?
Opponents of active euthanasia argue that pain relief eliminates the need to kill. Defenders reply with this counterpoint.
What is "Pain is often not well-managed despite medical capability"?
The ACA’s individual mandate requires this from individuals.
What is basic health insurance, with some exceptions?
A disease that affects more people than expected in a region is called this.
What is an epidemic?
This term describes trapped solar heat in the lower atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Milton opposes preferential hiring, advocating this standard instead.
What is competence?
The Second Amendment explicitly guarantees this.
What is the right to keep and bear arms?
The principle of “an eye for an eye” is known as this.
What is lex talionis?
The deliberate termination of a pregnancy by medical means is known as this.
What is induced abortion?
Natural law theorists oppose euthanasia primarily for this reason.
What is the moral duty to preserve life?
Referring to unhealthy people as the "undeserving sick" aligns with this theory of justice.
What is the libertarian theory of justice?
Widespread disease across continents is referred to as this.
What is a pandemic?
Scientists blame this primary cause for the rise in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution.
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
Weak affirmative action would use this as a tiebreaker between two equally qualified candidates.
What is race?
Compared globally, the U.S. firearm death rate is described this way.
What is many times higher than nearly any other country?
Clarice, who believes murderers deserve death, supports this punishment theory.
What is retributive theory?
According to Mary Anne Warren, a space alien who is conscious, self-aware, and capable of reasoning should be classified as this.
What is a person?
Taking direct action to end someone’s life is called this type of euthanasia.
What is active euthanasia?
The moral idea that people should receive what they are due is known as this type of justice.
What is distributive justice?
Morbidity is to illness as mortality is to this.
What is death?
Asking what should be done about climate change is considered this type of question.
What is moral?
Prejudice refers to attitude, while discrimination refers to this.
What is behavior?
Critics of paternalistic drug laws often argue that such laws violate this principle.
What is individual liberty?
A common utilitarian argument in favor of the death penalty is this.
What is that it prevents offenders from killing again?
An abortion performed to save the life or health of the pregnant person is called this.
What is therapeutic abortion?
The right of competent individuals to decide how they die is often justified under this principle.
What is the principle of autonomy?
Norman Daniels argues health care is a moral right because disease impairs this.
What is normal species functioning?
Some argue triage emphasizes this at the expense of equity.
What is utility?
Current global warming is occurring this many times faster than after the last ice age.
What is ten times faster?
The Bakke case ruled this about racial quotas in college admissions.
What is that quota systems are unconstitutional?
The essential moral question about drug laws asks when the government is justified in preventing this.
What is recreational drug use?
If everyone has a right to life, and the death penalty violates that right, this conclusion follows.
What is "Executing criminals is wrong"?