Question 1

What types of suicide does Brant think are excused, even though they are objectively wrong?

Accepted Answer

A)  Terminally-ill patients who believe they are morally bound to commit suicide in order to prevent their families from financial ruin. 
B)  Those who commit suicide while temporarily insane. 
C)  People who commit suicide while they are not "generally themselves" 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Terminally-ill patients who believe they are morally bound to commit suicide in order to prevent their families from financial ruin. 
B)  Those who commit suicide while temporarily insane. 
C)  People who commit suicide while they are not "generally themselves" 
D)  All of the above

Question 2

What is the "Individual Fantasy" that Hardwig criticizes? Do you think we tend to overlook the impact of our decisions on those around us?

Accepted Answer

The "Individual Fantasy" that Hardwig cr

Question 3

Callahan argues that euthanasia and assisted suicide is incompatible with the aims of medicine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Brant argues that some types of suicide can be morally excused even if they are objectively wrong.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Brant argues that the good consequences of euthanasia outweigh the bad consequences; and therefore euthanasia should be permitted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A central concept in Hardwig's paper is the Individualistic Fantasy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The debate on euthanasia, Callahan says, is profoundly emblematic of three important turning points in Western thought. Which of the following is not a point mentioned by Callahan?

Accepted Answer

A)  The conditions under which one person may legitimately kill another. 
B)  The meaning and limits of self-determination. 
C)  The limiting of coercion by the "moral majority" 
D)  The job of medicine is to make its skills available to individuals to helm them achieve their private vision of the good life. 
A)  The conditions under which one person may legitimately kill another. 
B)  The meaning and limits of self-determination. 
C)  The limiting of coercion by the "moral majority" 
D)  The job of medicine is to make its skills available to individuals to helm them achieve their private vision of the good life.

Question 8

Callahan argues that those who say there is no morally significant difference between killing a patient and allowing the patient to die are guilty of confusing ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cause and effect 
B)  Causality and culpability 
C)  Intention and causality 
D)  Self-determination and murder 
A)  Cause and effect 
B)  Causality and culpability 
C)  Intention and causality 
D)  Self-determination and murder

Question 9

St. Augustine's argument against suicide is based on the commandment "Thou shalt not kill".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Explain Brant's example about the pilot. Do you think the pilot who stays on the plane instead of parachuting out is committing suicide? Do you think the welfare of others justifies the decision to end one's life prematurely? Explore the implications of your view here for the case of a terminally-ill patient who commits suicide in order to keep his family from financial ruin.

Accepted Answer

Brant's example about the pilot raises c

Question 11

What is Callahan's basic argument against euthanasia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Euthanasia is suicide and suicide is wrong. 
B)  The desire to end one's life prematurely is evidence of mental incompetence. So no rational person could ever desire euthanasia. 
C)  There are limits on an individual's right to self-determination; hence, considerations of self-determination do not establish the permissibility of euthanasia. 
D)  There is a legitimate state interest in protecting vulnerable, dying patients from unscrupulous health care providers and insurance companies. 
A)  Euthanasia is suicide and suicide is wrong. 
B)  The desire to end one's life prematurely is evidence of mental incompetence. So no rational person could ever desire euthanasia. 
C)  There are limits on an individual's right to self-determination; hence, considerations of self-determination do not establish the permissibility of euthanasia. 
D)  There is a legitimate state interest in protecting vulnerable, dying patients from unscrupulous health care providers and insurance companies.

Question 12

What factors determine whether one has a duty to die?

Accepted Answer

The factors that determine whether one h

What types of suicide does Brant think are excused, even though they are objectively wrong?

What is the "Individual Fantasy" that Hardwig criticizes? Do you think we tend to overlook the impact of our decisions on those around us?

Callahan argues that euthanasia and assisted suicide is incompatible with the aims of medicine.

Brant argues that some types of suicide can be morally excused even if they are objectively wrong.

Brant argues that the good consequences of euthanasia outweigh the bad consequences; and therefore euthanasia should be permitted.

A central concept in Hardwig's paper is the Individualistic Fantasy.

The debate on euthanasia, Callahan says, is profoundly emblematic of three important turning points in Western thought. Which of the following is not a point mentioned by Callahan?

Callahan argues that those who say there is no morally significant difference between killing a patient and allowing the patient to die are guilty of confusing ___________.

St. Augustine's argument against suicide is based on the commandment "Thou shalt not kill".

What is Callahan's basic argument against euthanasia?

What factors determine whether one has a duty to die?

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Exam 4: Suicide, Euthanasia, and Death

What types of suicide does Brant think are excused, even though they are objectively wrong?

What is the "Individual Fantasy" that Hardwig criticizes? Do you think we tend to overlook the impact of our decisions on those around us?

Callahan argues that euthanasia and assisted suicide is incompatible with the aims of medicine.

Brant argues that some types of suicide can be morally excused even if they are objectively wrong.

Brant argues that the good consequences of euthanasia outweigh the bad consequences; and therefore euthanasia should be permitted.

A central concept in Hardwig's paper is the Individualistic Fantasy.

The debate on euthanasia, Callahan says, is profoundly emblematic of three important turning points in Western thought. Which of the following is not a point mentioned by Callahan?

Callahan argues that those who say there is no morally significant difference between killing a patient and allowing the patient to die are guilty of confusing ___________.

St. Augustine's argument against suicide is based on the commandment "Thou shalt not kill".

What is Callahan's basic argument against euthanasia?

What factors determine whether one has a duty to die?

An Introduction to Ethics

Ethical Relativism

Four Rival Ethical Perspectives

Abortion

Animals, Vegetarianism and Environmental Ethics

Liberty and Its Limits

Sexual Morality, Marriage, and Family

Voting and Democracy

Crime, Guns, and Rights

Punishment and the Death Penalty

The Ethics of War and the Struggle Against Terrorism

Race, Discrimination, and Affirmative Action

Social Justice

Ethics in Business

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