Packet 8: Tossup 3

Description acceptable. The immorality of recommending this act is demonstrated with an example involving a bathtub in James Rachels’ “Bare Difference Argument.” This is the second (-5[1])title act of a book that contrasts a case involving sending an envelope with one where a Mercedes owner encounters a trespassing birdwatcher. A philosopher who wrote that “negative duties” govern this act defined it in terms of uninitiated sequences. A Peter Singer-inspired book titled (*) Living High and [this act] is by Peter Unger. According to (10[1])Philippa Foot, abortion is not an example of this act and is thus impermissible. (-5[4])Judith Jarvis Thomson considers unplugging the famous (10[1])violinist to be an example of this act. (-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])withholding medical care as part of passive euthanasia (10[1])is an example of what act of omission often contrasted with killing? ■END■ (10[7])

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