PHI-120 "Introduction to Ethics"

Attempt at 6 Minute Video: over "Module 1: Orientation: What is Morality?" (Take 1) Notes on the board are as follows: Starting on left hand side of board: 1.)__Baby Theresa__ ---- "The Benefits argument" (Anencephaly-baby-case) ---- Arg. that: "Should not use people as means" ---- "Wrongness of killing" argument 2.)__Jodie & Marie__ ---- Arg. that: "We should save as many as we can" (Conjoined twins) ---- Arg. from: "Sanctity of Human Life" 3.__Tracy Latimer__. ---- Arg. from "Wrongness of Discrimination of [Disabled]" ("Mercy Killing" ---- "Slippery Slope" Argument but punished by law) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On right hand side of board: "sound" _Argument is [valid] if:_ "...the assumptions are true, and the conclusion follows [is true]." Reason & Impartiality _______________________________________________________________________ The Arguments encased here are derived from the works cited below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Works Cited: Rachels, James. "What is Morality" in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 10th edition, ed. Stuart Rachels, 1-13. McGraw Hill Publishers, 2023.