Question

5. According to the second formulation of Kant's categorical imperative, we must:
“So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or that of any other, in every case as an end in itself, never as a means only.”
Assuming this imperative, it follows that selecting for disability is wrong if it treats the child as a means to satisfying the parents' selfish preferences.

answer options: true or false

6.The principle that other people should always be treated as ends in themselves is widely accepted.

answer options: true or false

7. BIOCENTRISM: If biocentrism (as characterized by Vaughn) is correct, it follows that a rat has the same moral status as a redwood.

answer choices: true or false

8.LISA NEWTON ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: According to Lisa Newton, “Outside of the area of protection of law, no sense can be made of the violation of rights.”
If this is correct, and assuming that not being enslaved was outside the area of protection of law in the ante bellum USA, it follows that no sense can be made of the violation of the rights of African Americans who were enslaved in the ante bellum USA.

answer options: true of false

9. HERITABILITY & INHERITANCE: If IQ has high heritability and there is a difference in the average IQ of two populations, then that difference is due largely to genetics (because genetics is the underlying mechanism of heritability).

answer options: true or false

10.Consider the argument:

Either there is a general objection to goat breeding or there is no general objection to selection for disability.

There is no general objection to goat breeding.

Therefore, there is no general objection to selection for disability.

This argument is:

answer options: valid or invalid

Answer 1

ANSWERS:

5. True

Explanation: Selecting a child for disability for the satisfaction of the parent's selfish preferences is wrong because, while doing so, they are not treating the child as an end in himself/herself.

6. False

Explanation: The principle of always treating other people as ends in themselves is not accepted because as human beings we think ahead of other people's ends and into our own selves.

7. True

Explanation: According to Vaughn's Biocentrism, every organism holds equal rights and needs, and human needs are in noways more important than any other organism. This makes the Moral status of all organisms equal.

8. False

Explanation: The argument is Valid. But, the conclusion is False based on basic Human Rights.

9. True

Explanation: The argument form is Valid. If IQ is dependent mostly on Heritability, then the difference in the IQ of the two populations has to be largely because of Heritability, which has Genetics at its base.

10. Valid

Explanation: The argument is Valid as it is in proper argument form i.e.,

Either p or q
Not p
Therefore, q.