Evaluate the issue of human cloning from the viewpoint of a virtue ethicist.
What will be an ideal response?
Possible answer: If we can ensure that parents of cloned babies are morally responsible and that they will raise the cloned children with respect for their personhood and teach them moral responsibility, then cloning may be an option.
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According to Berkeley, the very notion of matter is contradictory because
A) no one claims it exists. B) matter cannot be conceived apart from ideas and yet it is supposed to be the opposite of ideas. C) there is only one good reason to suppose it exists, and no one has any idea of what that reason is. D) to be is to be perceived, but nothing is perceived.
If you were an advocate of dispersed power,
a. you might be an anarchist who believes that human nature is inherently evil. b. you might be a nonviolent resister who believes in the effectiveness of organized noncooperation in political affairs. c. you might be a libertarian who celebrates the power of rational individuals who make responsible choices. d. you might be any one of the above.
The claim that behavior is always controlled by belief about what is good and the means to that good is
A) Sophistry B) Akrasia C) Intellectualism D) Dualism
Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."Opponents to Proposition 102 say that contact tracing will lead to 'witch hunts.' We say it's time to stop peddling such fear and panic."-Rebuttal to argument against Proposition 102, 1988 California Ballot Pamphlet
What will be an ideal response?