The Liberal Position Is That

question 25

Multiple Choice

The liberal position is that:

• A)both abortion and infanticide should be legal.
• B)abortion is always (or almost always)permissible.
• C)abortion is permissible anytime because it is not always wrong to kill a person.
• D)abortion is permissible after the second trimester.

Analyze and apply concepts of immediate inference, including converse, obverse, and contrapositive.

Understand the implications of universal and particular propositions in the context of existent subjects and predicates.

Master the translation of verbal propositions into Venn diagram representations.

Comprehend the limitations and capabilities of Venn diagrams in depicting logical relationships.

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Definitions:

Medicalization of Death

Modern medicine defines illness and health procedures needed (for example, tonsil removal was fairly routine with children in the 1940s and 1950s because medical science deemed it so) and determines procedures for the dying, which may prolong or shorten life. Not unlike childbirth via convenient-for-the-doctor Caesarean sections, modern medicine somewhat controls when we die and can control premature deaths.

Death-Denying Society

A society characterized by its reluctance to acknowledge or openly deal with the realities of death, leading to lack of preparation and understanding.

Not Dying

Describes the state of continuing to live or exist, especially in spite of conditions that might cause death.

Atom Bomb

A nuclear weapon that releases energy through the process of nuclear fission, causing massive destruction and damage.