PHILOS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Supererogation, Thought Experiment, Fetus
12 Mar 2018
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The former is the house" and rightfully owns it. Tooley, cloning humans: mindless organ-bank (mob): exact genetic reproduction of the original minus capacities for personhood", tooley: this does not appear immoral because, no person is harmed or killed personhood requires properties of thought, self- consciousness, etc. Rachels, active and passive euthanasia: passive euthanasia (pe): death by omission. The doctor discontinues life-saving medical treatment: active euthanasia (ae): death by action. Case one: smith will gain a large inheritance if his 6 year old cousin dies. Smith, while his cousin is in a bathtub, sneaks into the bathroom and drowns the cousin, and tries to make it look like an accident. Case two: jones will also gain a large inheritance if his 6 year old cousin dies. Jones, like smith, sneaks into the bathroom while his cousin is in the bathroom and intends to drown the child. However, the cousin slips, hits his head, and falls face down in the water.
