Phi 237 - Practice Exam #5 Fall 2023 - Anderson Sandel Velleman

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Practice Exam # 5 Answers Anderson 1P. Elizabeth Anderson believes that children produced by surrogacy are harmed because: a. they would have been better off if they never existed b. they are treated in accordance with market norms rather parental norms c. they may never be told that a surrogate is their mother d. the soliciting party is unlikely to love the child as much as the surrogate would 2P Liz Anderson believes that the altruism of some commercial surrogates is not the healthiest kind but motivated by low self-esteem or unresolved issues left over from an earlier loss of a child. 3P Anderson believes that surrogacy is permissible when the contract is not binding 4P. Elizabeth Anderson protests that surrogacy degrades women and limits their autonomy by devaluing the evolving perspective that they may undergo during their pregnancy. 5P. The insecurities of surrogacy kids can’t be assuaged like those of adopted kids as only the latter can be told they are where they are because their mother loved them & wanted what was best 6P . Elizabeth Anderson claims that commercial surrogacy is alienating because it takes advantage of the surrogate's noncommercial motivations for entering into the contract 7P . Elizabeth Anderson claims that surrogacy is exploitative because it denies legitimacy to the surrogate's evolving perspective. 8P. Elizabeth Anderson protests that surrogacy degrades women and limits their autonomy by devaluing the evolving perspective that they may undergo during their pregnancy. 9P. Elizabeth Anderson’s critics accuse her position on surrogacy of being “paternalistic” because she is seeking to legally impose her ideal of the proper family structure upon others. 10P. Elizabeth Anderson believes that if surrogate contracts are not legally binding then: a. surrogates will be better off

b. they will be exploited even more as the soliciting party or their advocate will have to manipulate the surrogate to get her to relinquish the child since the police can’t take the child away from her c. the surrogate will still lose the child in a custody battle d. all of the above 11P. Elizabeth Anderson fears that choosing the traits of our children: a. will mean children will be superior to the non-genetic parents raising them b. will be at odds with the ideal of parents unconditionally loving their children c. will lead to euthanizing children without the desired traits. d. will create a slippery slope where we harvest organs of the untalented for the gifted 12P. Anderson claims that surrogacy is exploitative because: a. it pays surrogates less than minimum wage for their round-the-clock services b. it doesn’t respect the surrogate’s evolving perspective c. it doesn’t allow surrogates to opt out of the contract without penalty d. it takes unfair advantage of the non-commercial motivations of the surrogates Velleman 13P. “Euthanasia” is derived from Greek words that mean: a. autonomous death b. intentional death c. good death d. physician-assisted suicide 14P All cases of Physician-assisted suicide differ from euthanasia in that: a. death is always good for the person who commits suicide b. death is never good for the person who commits suicide c. the final fatal act is undertaken by the patient rather than the physician d. the final fatal act is undertaken by the physician instead of the patient 15P . Letting die a terminally ill newborn in great pain because the baby would be better off dead is: a. Involuntary passive euthanasia b. Nonvoluntary passive euthanasia c. Nonvoluntary active euthanasia 2

d. Involuntary passive euthanasia 16P . Which of the following acts is typically considered the easiest to morally justify: Involuntary active euthanasia b. Involuntary passive euthanasia c. Voluntary passive euthanasia d. Voluntary active euthanasia 17P. Velleman’s position on a right to die is that: a. there should not be such a legal/institutional right b. there should be such a legal /institutional right c. there should be such a legal/institutional right only for the terminally ill d. there should be such a legal/institutional right only for the permanently unconscious 18P. Velleman is worried that if one’s dignity is tied to one’s independence then: a. Ill people will wrongly end their lives because they think it is undignified to depend upon others b. doctors will break the law and help their infirmed patients die c. people will not morally distinguish killing from letting die d. Kant will have too much influence upon our attitudes about dignity and dying 19P. Velleman’s recommendation is to keep euthanasia and physician- assisted suicide illegal but to have doctors occasionally hasten death without being prosecuted for doing so. 20P Velleman’s concern is that when patients refuse to exercise a right to die they may be seen a rational and thus unfit partners for conversation and friendship 21P. Velleman believes that giving patients more choices will always increase their autonomy. 22P . Velleman claims his stance against a legal right to die is not paternalistic because he believes patients are harmed by the extra choice, not that they will then make the wrong decision Sandel 23P. Sandel believes that if parents genetically enhance children then that would reveal they have put too much stress on what William May calls: a. “accepting love” rather than “transforming love” b. “transforming love” rather than “accepting love” c. “artificial love” rather than “natural love” 3

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