Which of the Following Is a Reason to Accept Don

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason to accept Don Marquis's intermediate moral principle about the wrongness of killing?

• A) It allows us to conclude whatever we want about the wrongness of killing different kinds of animals.
• B) It entails that getting run over by a bus is bad for the person who gets run over.
• C) It shows that abortion is not wrong before the fetus becomes viable outside the womb.
• D) It explains why intentional killing is worse than accidental killing.

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Definitions:

Z-statistic

A statistical measure that quantifies the distance (in standard deviation units) a data point is from the mean of a distribution.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical test that considers both directions of an effect, testing the possibility of relationships in both positive and negative directions.

Significant

Denoting a result in statistical analysis that is likely not due to chance, thereby indicating a meaningful difference or correlation.

Z-statistic

A statistic used in hypothesis testing, calculated as the difference between a sample statistic and its hypothesized population parameter, divided by the standard error.