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 title act (15[1])of a book that contrasts a case (-5[1])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 (15[1])titled (*) Living (-5[1])High and [this act] (10[3])is by (10[1])Peter (10[1])Unger. According to Philippa Foot, abortion is not (10[1])an example of this act (-5[1])and is thus morally wrong. (-5[1])Judith (-5[1])Jarvis Thomson considers unplugging (10[2])the famous violinist to be an example (-5[1])of this act. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])withholding medical (10[1])care as part of passive euthanasia is an example of what act of omission often contrasted with killing? ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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