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Question 1

1

Warren
Criteria

Answer

Sentience and one of 4 additional properties

Question 2

2

Warren cut off

Answer

After birth

Question 3

3

Warren argument

Answer

People are members of moral community

Question 4

4

Warren objection

Answer

Infanticide
Dogs cats chimps people but babies aren't?? What?

Question 5

5

Warren Comeback

Answer

Her post script

Question 6

6

Steinbock
Criteria

Answer

Sentience (consciousness)

Question 7

7

Steinbock
Cutoff

Answer

6 months gestation (development of cerebral cortex)

Question 8

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Steinbock
Argument

Answer

Not wrong until you have an experience agent (cerebral cortex) and experience pain. Once you experience is you have consciousness and interest and rights

Question 9

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Steinbock
Objection

Answer

Temporary Coma
Can't kill them because it's going to go away and they have future experiences
Bone marrow example (schimp v Mcfall)

Question 10

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Steinbock
Comeback

Answer

Wrong to kill the person in coma because they've experienced before, not because they have future experiences

Question 11

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Marquis criteria

Answer

Unique biological individuality

Question 12

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Marquis cutoff

Answer

2 weeks after conception

Question 13

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Marquis argument

Answer

Argument from wrongness of killing

Question 14

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Marquis objection

Answer

Confers rights on gametes. Every cell has potential of life. So this would mean we have to clone humans

Question 15

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Marquis comeback

Answer

2 week cutoff

Question 16

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Arguments from autonomy and self defense

Answer

Thomson, Dadlez & Andrews, beckwith, and English

Question 17

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Thomson

Answer

Right not to be hard as life support against will.
Violinist example.

Question 18

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Beckwith

Answer

You're obligated to provide life support if you voluntarily did something you know you could create the need for it
Blizzard example

Question 19

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Dadlez & Andrews

Answer

Fetal rights could deprive women of civil rights.
Actual cases are examples
Constitution clearly states that born and naturalized citizens have rights so to include fetuses, there is need for an amendment

Question 20

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Actual cases examples for Dadlez and Andrews

Answer

Court ordered c-sections, criminalization of miscarriage

Question 21

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English

Answer

Can kill if that's the minimum force necessary for defense of well-being

Example of hypnotized attackers

Question 22

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Pain capable unborn child protection act

Answer

Abortions are not okay after 5 months because fetus can allegedly feel pain at that stage

Question 23

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Abortion laws in the beginning

Answer

Initially intended to protect women's health, not the health of a fetus.
Made illegal in 1800s because people were dying

Question 24

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Hyde amendment

Answer

No federal money goes to abortion
(Taxpayers aren't paying for it)

Question 25

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Warren criteria. 4 characteristics

Answer

Self-awareness, self-motivated activity, capacity to communicate intentionally, reasoning

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