Phil Final Part 5

1. 1The Miller Test is a test used to determine if an intentional termination of life is euthanasia.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2According to utilitarianism, there is an important moral difference between killing and letting die.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
3. 3According to Peter Singer, there is no morally relevant difference between killing and letting die.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
4. 4Singer believes that we should reject the view that rights should be understood as negative rights

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5If a person has a negative right to something (a negative right to life, liberty, property, for example), that negative right requires that others provide something to the person with the right.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6Peter Singer is a utilitarian

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7Singer believes that if we can prevent something bad from happening without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral worth, then we ought morally to do it.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
8. 8Singer rejects the view that absolute poverty is bad

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
9. 9Those who live in the kind of affluence that most Americans enjoy have the resources to alleviate some of the suffering associated with absolute poverty without sacrificing anything of comparable moral significance.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
10. 10Singer uses the drowning child example to argue in favor of the claim that if we can prevent something very bad from happening without sacrificing something of comparable importance, we ought morally to do it.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

11. 11Singer believes that the main cause of absolute poverty is overpopulation

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
12. 12Singer accepts the well-known view that population growth is always faster than the growth of the food supply

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
13. 13"I would save the drowning child in the shallow ornamental pond" is a normative statement

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
14. 14Who defends the view that by helping those in absolute poverty now we guarantee a worse problem later?

    1. ABonnie Steinbock
    2. BGarrett Hardin
    3. CPeter Singer
    4. DJames Rachels
15. 15How does Singer respond to the claim that by helping those in absolute poverty now, we guarantee a worse problem later?

    1. AHe says we can help those in poverty now without producing the kinds of bad effects predicted
    2. BHe insists that all rights are negative rights
    3. CHe responds by saying that it is true
    4. DNone of the above
16. 16According to Singer, one must sacrifice one's life if that is what it takes to save the drowning child in the shallow ornamental pond. In the same way, we must sacrifice our lives for the greater good of alleviating the suffering associated with absolute poverty.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
17. 17"I would not save the drowning child in the shallow ornamental pond" is a normative statement

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
18. 18"I should not save the drowning child in the shallow ornamental pond" is a normative statement.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
19. 19"I should save the drowning child in the shallow ornamental pond" is a normative statement.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
20. 20According to James Rachels, the 1973 AMA statement forbids euthanasia in any form.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
21. 21According to Steinbock, the 1973 AMA statement forbids euthanasia in any form

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
22. 22Both Rachels and Steinbock believe that active euthanasia is wrong

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
23. 23According to Rachels, there is no morally relevant difference between active and passive euthanasia.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
24. 24Rachels argues that the only difference between active and passive euthanasia is that one is a case of killing while the other is a case of letting die. But because Rachels believes there is no morally relevant difference between killing and letting die, he believes there is no morally relevant difference between active and passive euthanasia

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
25. 25What fault does Rachels find with the original AMA statement?

    1. AHe finds no fault with it at all.
    2. BHe thinks the AMA statement allows unnecessary suffering.
    3. CHe thinks the AMA statement treats people merely as a means
    4. DNone of the above

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