PHI 413V Topic 2 Assignment; Moral Status Case Study
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Human being’s represent their own individual array of ideals and beliefs which have developed across their lifespan and these morals have formed their involvements with other individuals. One’s ethical range and worldview are of the upmost significance in traversing throughout their lives. Having this ethical range can be used as a reference to regulate the difference from right and wrong and steer one in the right direction. An individual’s worldview in the general observation from which one can imagine and translate the world around them.
Using the Case Study: Fetal Abnormality, this essay will: 1) discuss the theories of moral status, 2) study and identify the theories used by the characters: Dr. Wilson, Maria, Marco and Jessica and will determine their particular morality statuses and their suggested plan for the fetus and 3) relay the theory the author identifies with and that has prompted the plan for the fetus.
Moral Status Theories
According to the encyclopedia, moral status “is a concept that deals with who or what is so valuable that it should be treated with special regard” (Encyclopedia.com, 2018). There are specific assets an individual must possess in order to obtain moral status which are: human properties, cognitive properties, moral agency, sentience and relationships.......... Continue
