Suppose legal guidelines have been adopted to allow parents to give consent for children to be killed if they are suffering from severe pain and are terminally ill.The moral principle of ________ could be used to argue for the guidelines,and the principle of ________ could be used to argue against them.

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The moral principle of beneficence, which is the duty to do what is in the best interest of the patient, could be used to argue for the guidelines as it would alleviate the severe pain and suffering of the child. However, the principle of the right to life, which asserts that human life is valuable and should be protected, could be used to argue against the guidelines as they would allow for the intentional taking of a human life, even though the child is terminally ill.

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