Chapter 5 Flashcards

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what are demographics affecting reproduction in western society?

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higher living standards = lower birth rates

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How is democracy defined?

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Decentralization of power through the masses

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What common probelm has been medicalized into a non-lethal disease?

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infertility

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What causes have led to infertility being classed as a nonlethal disease

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desire to control all aspects of life
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decline of religion

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What drives people to promote fertility treatments

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lotsa money to be made

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What is the procreative liberty argument?

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reproductive descisions are a product of autonomy

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What principle supports the procreative liberty argument?

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the Harm principle

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What are two weaknesses of the reproductive autonomy argument?

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Market place values in the family

Autonomy tries to trump all other moral principles

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What question does utility ask in assisted reproduction?

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Is the greatest happiness raised?

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What question does deontology ask about assisted reproduction?

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Is autonomy/dignity preserved?

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What problem is encountered by virtue ethics in regards to assisted reproduction?

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Problematic because it focuses on the autonomy of the decision maker

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What did alexander pope say

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Whatever is, is right

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What does natural law assert?

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the essence of a thing is the principle to which it ought to be maintained

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What sticky wicket makes market place values conflict with fertility treatment?

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production usually produces products, but fertility treatments produce subjects

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What distinction is not sufficiently recognized in market place fertility treatments

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subject/object

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market place values are in conflict with what values of the family?

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feminist critique of fertility treatments

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the treatments are inherently more threatening to the mother

17
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what is it called when a woman sells her body for a child to be made by her, besides prostitution?

18
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who was jaycee buzzanca

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a girl who had 8 people who could claim part in her creation

19
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Why is anonimity a bad thing with regards to sperm and egg donation?

A

The child can be adversely effected not knowing who their biological father is

20
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In what way is fertility treatment more dangerous for women than men?

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In donation, a surgery must be performed on women to remove eggs, but men just need to ejaculate

21
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what other concerns rise about surrogate mothers?

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objectifies the woman, she is an end, just a tool

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What is asymmetry in assisted reproduction practices?

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One of the parents is just the social parent, while the other parent is both the genetic and social parent

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what is a concern with asymmetrical parenting secrecy from the child?

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it will eventually come around and bite you in the butt

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what is a feminist concern of surrogate mothers?
The surrogate can go through the emotional and physical pain of pregnancy
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What does IVF stand for
In Vitro Fertilization
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who was the first "test tube" baby? In what year
Louise Brown, 1978
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what are weaknesses of the procreative liberty argument?
ethics are framed around marketing reproductive decisions that reflect badly in real life
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What dangers are associated with conceiving a child through IVF?
Increased chances of getting cancer, and twice the likelihood of the child developing a defect