Brock is concerned that, if voluntary active euthanasia were permitted, patients
would have to fear getting a lethal injection from their physician which they had
not requested.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
F
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One criticism made of the logical positivists’ criterion of meaning was that their own statements failed to pass the test
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following displays the informal fallacy of appeal to pity?
A. A classmate concedes a disagreement with you, but only because she believes you are not smart enough to win a debate with her. B. A student asks a teacher to give him an A in a course because if he gets anything less, he will not get into medical school. C. A man argues that you should believe that he is rich because if you do not, he will punch you in the face. D. A woman argues that you must be wrong because you are a jerk.
What is the second regulative idea of speculative reason, for Kant?
a. The world in general b. Causation c. The self d. Necessity
Angell notes that when a clinical trial is very important and the results may lead to
significant improvements in the treatment of future patients, then a. it is ethically acceptable to somewhat relax or weaken the ethical standards for dealing with research subjects. b. there is a great temptation on the part of researchers to treat research subjects as merely means to an end. c. it is then legitimate to exert some pressure on potential research subjects to participate in the study. d. and only then is it acceptable to use impoverished persons as research subjects, and pay them for their participation. e. researchers are obligated to publish their results at the earliest possible point in the study, often before the results are complete.