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Quick QuizGenetic Choices and Euthanasia &

Physician Assisted Suicide

Genetic Choices

“Will you develop Venous Thrombosis?” This is an example of …

A.Predictive Testing

B.Diagnostic Testing

C.Newborn Screening

D.Carrier Testing

E.Prenatal Testing

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Genetic Choices

Why does Vaughn think physicians have a general duty to make genetic information hard to acquire?

A.People are generally disturbed by it

B.It creates a financial burden on healthcare

C.Businesses and insurance companies will misuse the information if it gets loose

D.Knowledge is power, and power should be kept in the hands of experts

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Genetic Choices

Preventing someone’s disease by making sure they never exist is reasoning Dan Brock calls …

A.immoral

B.incoherent

C.indispensible

D.inadvertent

E.invertebrate

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Genetic Choices

One reason the book offers to stop genetic testing for birth defects is …

A.the tests themselves cause defects

B.it is disrespectful to disabled people

C.no test is ever certain

D.tests cause parents anxiety

E.none. There is no such reason

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Death and Dying

The PowerPoint defines suicide as:

A.the intentional termination of one’s own life

B.the termination of one’s own lifeC.the cognizant termination of one’s

own lifeD.killing oneself or allowing oneself to

be killedE.refusing to fight for one’s own life

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Death and Dying

In class we evaluated the morality of the decision to end your life by:

A.our own valuesB.proportionate reasonsC.the categorical imperativeD.hypothetical imperativesE.the principle of utility

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Death and Dying

According to the “God owns your life” argument, God can tell you what to do with your life because:

A.God can do anythingB.God created youC.God knows what’s bestD.God bought you from the devilE.God’s commands make it right

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Death and Dying

Which is a reply to the “Life is too precious” argument against permitting suicide?

A.The term “precious” in the argument is undefined

B.Life does not always form the basis on which all other goods depend

C.Who is to say what is precious and what is not precious?

D.“Preciousness” is a monetary notion, and it is wrong to put a price on life

E.None of the above

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Death and Dying

“If lazy freeloaders, bums, and drug addicts commit suicide, it’s no great loss for society,” is a response to which argument to ban suicide?

A.God owns your lifeB.Long life is the highest goodC.Human life is preciousD.Suicide harms the communityE.Suicide harms others

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Death and Dying

If we use ‘proportionate reasons’ in calculating when it’s okay to commit suicide, we are, in essence, rejecting the normative ethical view of … ?

A.MillB.AristotleC.KantD.AquinasE.God

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Death and Dying

What is wrong with punishing folks who commit suicide?

A.They deserve sympathy, not condemnation

B.It is impossible to punish the deadC.It looks ridiculousD.Preventing intended suicides is more

practicalE.Nothing’s wrong with it

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Answers

2. A3. C4. B5. B6. A7. B8. B9. B10. D11. C12. D

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