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Ch 12 – Conclusion: Applying Ethical Theories

Ch 12 – Conclusion: Applying Ethical Theories . Abortion, Capital Punishment, and Euthanasia. Difficult Moral Issues . Life and death decisions involved and all the difficult decisions that lie in-between Case Studies: Abortion Euthanasia The Death Penalty. Abortion.

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Ch 12 – Conclusion: Applying Ethical Theories

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  1. Ch 12 – Conclusion: Applying Ethical Theories Abortion, Capital Punishment, and Euthanasia

  2. Difficult Moral Issues • Life and death decisions involved and all the difficult decisions that lie in-between • Case Studies: • Abortion • Euthanasia • The Death Penalty

  3. Abortion • Morally relevant facts • Theories: Utilitarianism: • Pain of the fetus • Costs and benefits • Feminist Ethics: • Forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy against her will • Rights theorists and Libertarians: • Autonomy and right of non-interference • Deontological concern for principle of respect for human life • Fetus is a person • Killing a person is wrong • Virtue Ethics • Framework of flourishing

  4. Euthanasia • Morally relevant facts of the case • Libertarian: individual liberty and rights • Utilitarian: maximize overall utility • Deontological concerns: duty of self-love precludes suicide, justice • Religious traditions: suicide forbidden as an act of despair • Character: how address end of life care and decisions?

  5. The Death Penalty • Morally relevant facts • Deontologists: lextalionisvs proportionality and human decency • Character: honesty and self-awareness, compassion • Utilitarian: cost-benefit, deterrence

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