QUESTIONS

First Section: (Complete the following essays)

1.According to Philippa Foot, why is nonvoluntary active euthanasia always impermissible? Make sure you state and explain Foot’s definition of euthanasia, explain the role of justice and rights, and explain key distinctions like active vs. passive, and voluntary vs. nonvoluntary.

Second Section: (Complete ONE of the following essays)

2. Present and explain Don Marquis’s argument that abortion is prima facie seriously immoral. In doing so, make sure you explain his account of why it is seriously immoral to kill a normal human adult. What phenomena does Marquis’s account of the wrongness of killing explain well? Give an objection to Marquis’s account and explain why it threatens the theory.

3. According to James Rachels, what is Cultural Relativism, and what does it claim about the nature of ethical truths? What is the Cultural Differences argument supporting Cultural Relativism, and why does Rachels think it is a bad argument? Rachels notes some strange and unacceptable consequences of accepting Cultural Relativism. What are these, and why are they bad for the view?