Question 1

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren thinks that the concept of a person as she defines it is very nearly universal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren argues that genetic humanity is equivalent to moral humanity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-According to Warren, any being that satisfies none of the designated criteria is

Accepted Answer

A)   prehuman.
B)   certainly not a fetus.
C)   certainly not a person.
D)   nevertheless human in the moral sense.

Question 4

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren thinks most infants are persons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren says that whatever is genetically human is also morally human.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 6

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren accepts Noonan's argument.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren thinks that a trait that is most central to the concept of personhood is having human DNA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren asserts that abortion is almost never permissible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren defends the liberal view of abortion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren maintains that the potentiality of a fetus is sufficient to show that it is a person.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 11

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren agrees that personhood begins at conception.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 12

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Warren says that all human beings are persons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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