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 of a book (15[1])that contrasts a case involving sending an envelope with one where a Mercedes owner encounters a trespassing birdwatcher. (15[1])A philosopher who wrote that “negative duties” govern this act (15[1])defined it in terms of uninitiated sequences. A Peter Singer-inspired book titled (*) Living High and [this act] (10[2])is by Peter Unger. (10[1])According to Philippa Foot, (-5[1])abortion is not an example of this act (10[1]-5[4])and (10[1])is thus morally wrong. (10[1])Judith Jarvis Thomson considers unplugging the famous violinist to be an example of this act. For 10 points, withholding medical care as part of passive euthanasia is an example of what act of omission often contrasted with killing? ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

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