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Chapter 41 Self Quiz
Why Abortion is Immoral, Don Marquis
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Marquis argues that the anti-abortionist’s moral principles regarding killing are often too __________ whereas the pro-choicer’s principles are often too __________.
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abstract; concrete
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According to Marquis, murder is wrong because
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it inflicts a terrible loss on the victim’s loved ones.
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it violates the sanctity of human life.
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it deprives the victim of a valuable future.
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Which of the following implications does Marquis cite to make his theory of the wrongness of killing seem more plausible?
It is compatible with the belief that killing certain kinds of nonhuman beings is wrong.
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It fits well with the attitudes of the dying.
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It justifies the belief that infanticide is immoral.
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all of the above
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Marquis believes his argument establishes
that killing is prima facie seriously wrong.
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that human personhood begins at conception.
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that abortion should be made illegal.
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that abortion is always immoral.
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Marquis believes that abortion’s moral status can be resolved without establishing whether a fetus is a human person.
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Marquis’s analysis begins with the assumption that murder is wrong.
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Marquis’s theory of the wrongness of killing entails that abortion and active euthanasia are both inherently immoral.
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Marquis argues that, because it is wrong to kill persons, it is also wrong to kill potential persons.
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In Marquis’s view, that a being would be denied a valuable future provides compelling reason not to end its life.
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