Exam 6: Evaluating Arguments From Principle

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) There's nothing wrong with using other people's property as long as your use doesn't cause them any unhappiness. 2) Using your neighbor's wi-fi internet without their permission doesn't cause them any unhappiness. So, it's not wrong to use your neighbor's wi-fi without their permission.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) It is wrong to discard or destroy a gift lovingly given to you. 2) Suicide destroys a gift (your life) lovingly given to you (by God). So, suicide is wrong.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) Physicians ought to do whatever procedure a patient has autonomously chosen. 2) Voluntarily-chosen euthanasia is an autonomously chosen procedure. So, a physician ought to do voluntarily-chosen euthanasia.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) If lots of people do something, then it's not morally wrong to do it. 2) Lots of people drive a gas-guzzling car. So, there's nothing morally wrong with driving a gas-guzzling car.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) If someone does not have a desire to keep living, then killing them is not wrong. 2) A first-trimester fetus does not have a desire to keep living [because it doesn't have any desires at all]. So, killing a first-trimester fetus is not wrong.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) A person should never be punished for living according to their religious convictions. 2) A Christian pharmacist who refuses to fill a prescription for Plan B birth control (because it conflicts with their personal values) is living according to their religious convictions. So, a Christian pharmacist who refuses to fill a prescription for Plan B birth control should not be punished.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) If animals do something, then it's permissible for humans to do it. 2) Animals eat other animals. So, it's permissible for humans to eat animals.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) If lots of people do something, then it's not morally wrong to do it. 2) Lots of people drive a gas-guzzling car. So, there's nothing morally wrong with driving a gas-guzzling car.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) It's always wrong for a health care practitioner to deceive a patient. 2) Prescribing a placebo is deceiving a patient. So, it's wrong for a doctor to prescribe a placebo.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) It's always wrong to kill an innocent human being. 2) Suicide kills an innocent human being. So, suicide is always wrong.

Which is the best counterexample to the principle in the following Argument from Principle? [Pay attention to the criteria for good counterexamples from Chapter 6 of Doing Practical Ethics.] 1) No one deserves blame for doing something that's perfectly legal. 2) Abortion is perfectly legal. So, no one deserves blame for having an abortion.