Your text indicates five distinct criteria that the so-called Method II arguments may use to determine the moral status of a being (such as a fetus): 1. Being Human, 2. Being Like Human, 3. Potentiality, 4. Evolving Value, or 5. Actuality. For the following Method II claims, determine which of these five criteria is being employed.
" Because dolphin species can think and communicate, they have the same full moral status as members of the human species ." Which Method II is assumed by this claim?

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Your text indicates five distinct criteria that the so-called Method II arguments may use to determine the moral status of a being (such as a fetus): 1. Being Human, 2. Being Like Human, 3. Potentiality, 4. Evolving Value, or 5. Actuality. For the following Method II claims, determine which of these five criteria is being employed.
" Because dolphin species can think and communicate, they have the same full moral status as members of the human species ."  Which Method II is assumed by this claim?

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The claim is based on the criterion of "Being like humans" because it argues that dolphins have the same moral status as humans due to their ability to think and communicate, which are characteristics similar to those of humans.

Your Text Indicates Five Distinct Criteria That the So-Called Method