Deck 13: The Ethics of Abortion and Euthanasia

Question 1

Ultrasound studies have shown that fetuses do in fact start moving as -------- ---- weeks after fertilization

A)early as six
B)early as seven
C)early as ten
D)early as fourteen

Answer 1

early as six

Question 2

In any case, the capacity for physical motion - or the lack of it - has nothing to do with the seriousness of one's claim for continued life - Who holds this position?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Answer 2

conservatives

Question 3

'Silent scream' is related with:

A)Abortion
B)Euthanasia
C)IVF
D)Embryo banking

Answer 3

Abortion

Question 4

Liberalist argued that----------------------- is the morally crucial dividing line between the newborn baby and the fetus.

A)intellect
B)quickening
C)birth
D)consciousness

Question 5

--------------- argued that consciousness is the morally crucial dividing line between the newborn baby and the fetus.

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 6

Opponents of abortion really want to uphold the right to life of the human being from ------------------, irrespective of whether it is conscious or not.

A)quickening
B)six month of pregnancy
C)conception
D)none of these

Question 7

----------------- of abortion really want to uphold the right to life of the human being from conception, irrespective of whether it is conscious or not.

A)liberalists
B)opponents
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 8

The conservative is insisting that the development from the embryo to the infants is a:

A)accidental
B)immediate process
C)divine process
D)gradual process

Question 9

Who is insisting that the development from the embryo to the infants is a gradual process?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 10

'The laws prohibiting abortion do not stop abortions, but merely drive them underground'. - Who argues this position?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)Canadian Royal Commission

Question 11

'A law that has more bad effects than good ones is a bad law' - This statement is related with:

A)Restricted laws of abortion
B)Restricted laws of child labour
C)Restricted laws of Euthanasia
D)none of these

Question 12

A law that has more bad effects than good ones is a bad law - Who suggested this view?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 13

Conservative claim that --------------is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being, and in the same ethical category as murder.

A)euthanasia
B)abortion
C)genocide
D)none of these

Question 14

Who claim that 'abortion is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being'?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 15

Conservatives argued that abortion is as same as:

A)violence
B)sin
C)murder
D)none of these

Question 16

Who is the author of the book On Liberty?

A)Kant
B)J.S. Mill
C)Bentham
D)G.E. Moor

Question 17

John Stuart Mill's On Liberty give support to the ------------------ feminist argument related with abortion.

A)fourth
B)first
C)third
D)second

Question 18

'There must remain a realm of private morality and immorality that is, in brief and crude terms, not the law's business.' This view is widely accepted among --------------

A)conservative thinkers
B)liberal thinkers
C)philosophers
D)none of these

Question 19

Peter Singer put ------------ as the criteria for antiabortion stand point instead of the criteria of Homo sapiens.

A)exentric value
B)intrinsic value
C)instrumental value
D)none of these

Question 20

'Not the law's business'- is:

A)Liberalist argument
B)Conservative argument
C)Feminist argument
D)None of these

Question 21

The Greek term Euthanasia means :

A)painless death
B)slow death
C)calm death
D)good death.

Question 22

According to the dictionary, 'Euthanasia' means:

A)a painless and calm death
B)a gentle and easy death .
C)a calm and slow death
D)a good and painless death.

Question 23

The term euthanasia normally implies -------------------------of life by another at the explicit request of the person who wishes to die.

A)an intentional termination
B)a general termination
C)a slow termination
D)a good death.

Question 24

Now Euthanasia is generally defined as the act of killing an -----------------out of concern and compassion for that person's suffering.

A)ill person
B)person
C)incurably ill person
D)genetically ill person.

Question 25

Euthanasia is sometimes called :

A)soft killing
B)killing
C)slow killing
D)mercy killing.