For this assignment, you will receive credit for completion, but will not be graded or assessed for your answers (I won’t read what your views are). The purpose of the exercise is to determine what...

For this assignment, you will receive credit for completion, but will not be graded or assessed for your answers (I won’t read what your views are). The purpose of the exercise is to determine what your own views are (and aren’t). Some of the questions you may find difficult to answer, and you might find that some of your answers are contradictory. So, it may expose some logical inconsistencies in your views as well as gaps in your understanding or knowledge. For each of the statements below, simply indicate whether you agree or disagree. Afterwards, reflect upon whether your answers are consistent. For example, an inconsistent pair of answers would be agreeing with #1 but disagreeing with #4. Moral statements Abortion is always wrong Abortion is always wrong for late-term (after week 20) abortions Late-term abortions should be illegal and subject to criminal punishment Abortion is morally permissible for early-term (before week 10) fetuses Human embryos have the same moral standing as an adult human (should be treated as equals in ethical decision making) Fetuses have a higher moral standing than a human embryo Newborn babies have a higher moral standing than a late-term fetus. Infanticide is always wrong Abortion is morally equivalent to infanticide. Newborn babies have the same moral standing as an adult human (newborns are persons) Metaphysical and empirical statements Human embryos have souls/minds In order to have a mind/soul, you must have a brain Before birth, fetuses are not individual organisms, but rather, parts of the mother Early-term fetuses cannot feel pain Fetuses are in a biochemically induced coma until birth Subject - PhI 210 Ethics