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Application Of Ethical Theories To Issues Of Human Life And Death Flashcards

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Who is in control of licenses for Embryo Research?

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What is the UK law on Embryo Research?

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What is in virto

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What is Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis?

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What is Saviour Siblings technology?

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What are the purpose of embryo research?

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How are embryos sourced?

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What are designer babies?

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Why would Natural Moral Law reject embryo research based on primary precepts?

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Finish the quote CCC 2377

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How would Natural Moral Law respond to the issue of the destruction of embryos?

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How would Natural Moral Law respond to the issue of the creation of Designer Babies?

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Finish the quote CCC 2275

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Finish the quote CCC 2275

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What would Fletcher say about the status of the embryo?

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What was Fletcher view on the techniques used?

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Finish the quote: ‘Man is a..

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…maker and a selector and a designer’ (Ethical Aspects Of Genetic Controls, Fletcher)

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How did Fletcher view the purpose of the techniques?

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Finish the quote: ‘‘If human rights conflict with human needs…

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…let needs prevail’ (Ethical Aspects Of Genetic Controls, Fletcher)

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What would Virtue Ethics say over the status of the embryo?

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How would Virtue Ethics view the destruction of embryos?

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How would the virtue of compassion be applied to the techniques used?

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How would the virtue of justice be applied to the techniques used?

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How would the virtue of courage be applied to the techniques used?

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What is a problem with Virtue Ethics and it's application to techniques used?
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When was abortion legalised in the UK?
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What requirements allow an abortion to be allowed up to 24 weeks?
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What requirements allow an abortion to be allowed up to a full term?
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Why would Natural Moral Law reject abortion?
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What did Pope John Paul II see abortion as?
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Why would the Catholic Church permit abortion?
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What did Fletcher say about the interests of an actual person compared to the embryo?
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How would Situation Ethics respond to abortion?
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Finish the quote: 'no unwanted child...
...should ever be born' (Situation Ethics, Fletcher)
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Finish the quote: 'the truly ethical question not whether we can justify abortion...
...but whether we can justify compulsory pregnancy' (Ethical Aspects of Genetic Controls, Fletcher)
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What did Aristotle say about abortion?
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What is context to Aristotle's views of abortion?
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How would modern Virtue Ethicists respond to abortion?
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Where is euthanasia legal in mainland Europe?
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Why would Natural Moral Law reject voluntary euthanasia?
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When would the Catholic Church allow Euthanasia?
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CCC 2280
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What were Fletcher's views on legalising voluntary euthanasia?
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What factors would a situationist take into account?
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Finish the quote: 'To prolong life uselessly...
...is to attack the moral status of a person' (Morals and Medicine, Fletcher)
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How did Aristotle view murder?
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What was the Hippocratic Oath?
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Why did Aristotle oppose suicide?
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What virtues would be applied to voluntary euthanasia/assisted suicide?
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Finish the quote: 'To seek death in order to escape poverty...
...is not the act of a courageous man, but rather of a coward'
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When was the death penalty suspended and abolished in the UK?
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How does the EU view the death penalty?
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How did Aquinas view capital punishment?
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How does the Catholic Church view capital punishment?
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CCC 2267
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What are Situation Ethics' views on capital punishment?
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Why would we assume Aristotle would not reprimand capital punishment?
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What virtue would be applied to capital punishment and why?
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Finish the quote: 'all virtue is summed up...
...in dealing justly' (Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle)
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How would Aristotle's understanding of justice influence Virtue Ethics view on capital punishment?
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What else must be considering in Virtue Ethics around the issue of capital punishment?

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