Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift Introduce an Intermediate Moral Principle

question 9

Multiple Choice

Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift introduce an intermediate moral principle about parenting to:

• A) Show that income inequality is a serious moral problem because of the way it enables some parents to provide unfair advantages to their own children.
• B) Justify the claim that parents are morally permitted to take any legal steps to benefit their children, even if that means putting other people's children at a competitive disadvantage.
• C) Help resolve conflicts between the parental obligation to pursue good outcomes for one's children and the universal obligation to be fair to others.
• D) Help parents understand how to apply the universal obligations of beneficence and nonmaleficence to their own children.

---

Definitions:

Molecular Bonds

Molecular bonds are attractive forces that hold atoms together in molecules, including ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonds among others.

Reactants

are substances initially present in a chemical reaction that are consumed during the reaction to make products.

Products

Substances formed as a result of a chemical reaction, found on the right side of a chemical equation.

Potential Energy

The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.