Multiple Choice Quiz

Marquis holds that abortion is not wrong only in rare cases such as:

during the first fourteen days after conception.

when the continuation of a pregnancy endangers the mother's life.

when the fetus is anencephalic.

all of the above.

According to Marquis, those who think abortion is morally permissible typically provide __________ as their criterion for having a right to life.

personhood

being human

sentience

moral agency

Marquis claims that Thomson's argument succeeds in showing the:

moral permissibility of all abortions.

moral permissibility of abortion when a pregnancy is unwanted.

moral permissibility of abortion when a pregnancy is due to rape.

none of the above.

Marquis claims that the goods of life are:

whatever we get out of life.

those items toward which we take a pro-attitude.

both a and b.

neither a nor b.

Marquis's "FLO" account refers to:

futures like ours.

freely loving others.

final life occurrences.

financially luring orphanages.

According to Marquis, cruelty to animals is wrong because:

it mistreats other people's property.

it causes one to become cruel to people.

it causes suffering, which is a misfortune.

none of the above.

Marquis claims that what makes the goods of my future good for me is not my desire for those goods now, because:

this does not account for those aspects of my future life that I now believe I will later value, but I am wrong.

this does not account for those aspects of my future that I will come to value, but I don't value now.

both a and b.

neither a nor b.

Marquis concludes that abortion is seriously wrong:

in all cases.

in nearly all cases.

in some, but not nearly all, cases.

only in a few rare cases.

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