Ethics

Ethics Study Guide

8.8 Chapter Eight Quiz Use the following scenario to answer questions 1-3: Mary is pregnant, si gle, and believes sh is no position to support and raise a child on her own. She is afraid the pregnancy might cause her to be fired from her job, and so she is reluctant to go the adoption route. She is considering abortion, and she speaks to various members of her family for advice while weighing her options. Her aunt Sara said, “You can’t get an abortion. You’ll be preventing that little person from having a future. He or she could grow up to do great things. Besides, abortion is murder.” Her sister Martha disagreed: “It’s not a person yet. The fetus doesn’t have the ability to reason or communicate, and it’s not self-motivated, self-aware, or conscious. It’s not murder if it’s not a person.” Her cousin Lena advised, “It doesn’t matter whether it’s a person or not. It’s your body. If you don’t want to have to carry that baby around for nine months, risking your health and your job, you don’t have to.” 1. Aunt Sara’s position is most like that of: a. Judith Jarvis Thomson b. Mary Ann Warren c. Don Marquis d. All of the above 2. Martha’s position is most like that of: a. Judith Jarvis Thomson b. Mary Ann Warren c. Don Marquis d. All of the above 3. Lena’s position is most like that of: a. Judith Jarvis Thomson b. Mary Ann Warren c. Don Marquis d. All of the above

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