With the Violinist Scenario,Judith Jarvis Thomson Tries to Show That

question 21

Multiple Choice

With the violinist scenario,Judith Jarvis Thomson tries to show that:

• A)the fetus is not a person.
• B)in pregnancy,the body of the mother can always be exploited.
• C)the mother has a right to defend herself against the unborn's use of her body against her will (a right to have an abortion).
• D)the mother has no right to defend herself against the unborn's use of her body against her will.

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Definitions:

Personal Fable

The part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent’s sense of uniqueness and invincibility.

Formal-Operational Thought

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, hypothetical situations, and use logic.

Piaget's Ideas

The theories of cognitive development proposed by Jean Piaget, emphasizing how children progress through distinct stages of development.

Transitivity

Principle that says if a relation holds between a first object and a second object, and holds between the second object and a third object, then it holds between the first object and the third object. Piaget argued that an understanding of transitivity is characteristic of concrete operational thought.