What Can Be Said for and Against a Possible Moral

question 10

Essay

What can be said for and against a possible moral difference between withholding and withdrawing life supports from a compromised newborn? And what about between forgoing life supports and neonatal euthanasia?

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Subtle cues or signals in an experimental setting that communicate to the participants how they are expected to behave.

Illusory Correlations

The perception of a relationship between two variables even when no such relationship exists.

Demand Characteristics

Cues in an experiment that suggest to participants what behavior is expected of them.

Falsifiability

The capability of a hypothesis or theory to be proven false, a critical principle for scientific validity.