Chapter 42 Self Quiz

. According to Hursthouse, the familiar facts of pregnancy include

it is the result of sexual intercourse.

it lasts about nine months.

parents tend to care passionately about their offspring.

all of the above

. Hursthouse argues that the current philosophical literature on abortion is badly out of touch with reality because

it ignores familiar biological facts about human reproduction.

it fails to take the anti-abortion perspective seriously.

it disregards the role of politics in moral disputes.

it overlooks the history of the women’s rights movement.

. According to Hursthouse, a woman who decides to have an abortion because she believes she is “not ready for motherhood yet” may be showing which of the following?

cowardice

a lack of seriousness

humility

any of the above

. In response to the criticism that virtue ethics has unresolvable conflicts built into it, Hursthouse

denies that such a problem arises.

admits that there is a problem but claims that it is very easily solved.

admits that there is a problem but claims that other theories face the same problem.

admits that there is a problem and that it is unique to virtue theory.

. Hursthouse believes that it is possible to act viciously in doing something one has a moral right to do.

True

False

. Hursthouse claims that every virtue generates a positive instruction, and every vice, a prohibition.

True

False

. Hursthouse thinks that it is possible to seek an abortion for shallow or selfish reasons.

True

False

. The developmental stage of the fetus is not relevant to the morality of abortion according to Hursthouse.

True

False

. Hursthouse sees abortion as fundamentally the same as any other form of killing.

True

False

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