Question 1

_______ occurs when the aim of cloning is something other than the live birth of an individual.

Accepted Answer

A)   Reproductive cloning
B)   Twinning
C)   Therapeutic cloning
D)   Extraction cloning C

Question 2

The Following Questions For Readings: "IVF: The Simple Case," Peter Singer
-To the objection that IVF damages the marital relationship, Singer says

Accepted Answer

A)   particular religions are right to be concerned about damage to relationships.
B)   few infertile couples will try IVF.
C)   few infertile couples will take seriously the view that their marriage will be damaged by IVF.
D)   marital relationships are damaged by IVF only if masturbation is involved. C

Question 3

The average cost of a single attempt to overcome infertility using IVF is $10,000 to $15,000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Bonnie Steinbock argues that payment to egg donors is morally permissible provided the payment is not for the eggs but for the burdens of egg retrieval.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Following Questions For Readings: "Surrogate Mothering: Exploitation or Empowerment?," Laura M. Purdy
-Purdy says that some feminists argue that the practice of surrogate mothering is

Accepted Answer

A)   neither wrong nor right.
B)   necessarily wrong.
C)   necessarily right.
D)   without moral meaning.

Question 6

A form of cloning known as _______ occurs when a zygote is produced through in vitro fertilization and, when it consists of two to four identical cells, it is separated to grow into discrete but genetically identical organisms.

Accepted Answer

A)   reproductive cloning
B)   twinning
C)   therapeutic cloning
D)   extraction cloning

Question 7

Some critics of cloning have charged that it violates the clone's right to

Accepted Answer

A)   a unique identity.
B)   life.
C)   respect.
D)   procreative freedom.

Question 8

A _______ might argue that cloning and IVF are impermissible because the considerable money spent on them could yield far more happiness if spent on food for the hungry people of the world.

Accepted Answer

A)   Kantian
B)   virtue ethicist
C)   natural law theorist
D)   utilitarian

Question 9

On average, a live birth is the outcome in only about 25 percent of IVF cycles in which the woman's own eggs are used.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Following Questions For Readings: "Is Women's Labor a Commodity?," Elizabeth S. Anderson
-Anderson says that when women's labor is treated as a commodity, the

Accepted Answer

A)   moral value of women increases.
B)   women who perform it are degraded.
C)   women who perform it see themselves as altruistic.
D)   women who perform it are neither degraded nor exploited.

Question 11

The Following Questions For Readings: "IVF: The Simple Case," Peter Singer
-To the objection that IVF is risky for the offspring, Singer says

Accepted Answer

A)   the rate of abnormality is higher than expected.
B)   the rate of abnormality nowadays is actually very low.
C)   with today's technology, there are no abnormalities produced by IVF.
D)   there is no risk for the offspring.

Question 12

Present the Roman Catholic (natural law) argument regarding the moral permissibility of IVF.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

The Following Questions For Readings: "Egg Donation and Commodification," Bonnie Steinbock
-Steinbock argues that payment to egg donors is morally permissible provided the payment is not for the eggs but for the

Accepted Answer

A)   egg donor's genetic makeup.
B)   number of eggs.
C)   burdens of egg retrieval.
D)   quality of the eggs.

Question 14

What are the five main steps of IVF and embryo transfer?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Present a utilitarian argument in favor of IVF.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Leon Kass argues that human cloning is dehumanizing because it

Accepted Answer

A)   violates reproductive rights.
B)   amounts to natural reproduction.
C)   solves fertility problems.
D)   amounts to the artificial manufacture of children as products.

Question 17

Present a Kantian argument in favor of IVF and surrogacy.

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

At last count, there were fewer than 2,000 infertile couples in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Present a Kantian argument against IVF and surrogacy.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

The process of fetal reduction is also known as

Accepted Answer

A)   selective abortion.
B)   preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PG
D)  .
C)   stem cell duplication.
D)   gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) .

Exam 8: Reproductive Technology

_______ occurs when the aim of cloning is something other than the live birth of an individual.

The Following Questions For Readings: "IVF: The Simple Case," Peter Singer -To the objection that IVF damages the marital relationship, Singer says

The average cost of a single attempt to overcome infertility using IVF is $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonnie Steinbock argues that payment to egg donors is morally permissible provided the payment is not for the eggs but for the burdens of egg retrieval.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Surrogate Mothering: Exploitation or Empowerment?," Laura M. Purdy -Purdy says that some feminists argue that the practice of surrogate mothering is

A form of cloning known as _______ occurs when a zygote is produced through in vitro fertilization and, when it consists of two to four identical cells, it is separated to grow into discrete but genetically identical organisms.

Some critics of cloning have charged that it violates the clone's right to

A _______ might argue that cloning and IVF are impermissible because the considerable money spent on them could yield far more happiness if spent on food for the hungry people of the world.

On average, a live birth is the outcome in only about 25 percent of IVF cycles in which the woman's own eggs are used.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Is Women's Labor a Commodity?," Elizabeth S. Anderson -Anderson says that when women's labor is treated as a commodity, the

The Following Questions For Readings: "IVF: The Simple Case," Peter Singer -To the objection that IVF is risky for the offspring, Singer says

Present the Roman Catholic (natural law) argument regarding the moral permissibility of IVF.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Egg Donation and Commodification," Bonnie Steinbock -Steinbock argues that payment to egg donors is morally permissible provided the payment is not for the eggs but for the

What are the five main steps of IVF and embryo transfer?

Present a utilitarian argument in favor of IVF.

Leon Kass argues that human cloning is dehumanizing because it

Present a Kantian argument in favor of IVF and surrogacy.

At last count, there were fewer than 2,000 infertile couples in the United States.

Present a Kantian argument against IVF and surrogacy.

The process of fetal reduction is also known as