The Argument from the Sanctity of Human Life · All human life is precious, regardless of age, race, social class, or handicap. • The prohibition against killing innocent humans is absolute. Mary is an...

Apply the 7 steps in moral reasoning model about Jody and Mary's case.

Extracted text: The Argument from the Sanctity of Human Life · All human life is precious, regardless of age, race, social class, or handicap. • The prohibition against killing innocent humans is absolute. Mary is an innocent human being. . Therefore, she should not be killed. SANCTITY "Life OF However. . . E Mary would not be ʼkilled' during the operation but merely separated from Jodie. Her death would be due to her body's inability to sustain her life. E Perhaps it is not always wrong to kill innocent human beings. .. o If the innocent human has no future because she is going to die soon no matter what. . . AND. . . o She has no wish to go on living (perhaps because she has no wishes at all). . . AND... o This killing will save others who can go on to lead 'full lives.


Extracted text: Second Example: Jodie and Mary Conjoined twins, joined at the lower abdomen; spines fused; one heart and one pair of lungs between them. - Without an operation to separate them, both twins would die within six months. • This would save Jodie, but Mary would die. • The parents refused permission for the operation, but courts okayed it. • Jodie lived, and Mary died. Mary Jodie The Argument That We Should Save as Many as We Can .. There is a choice: save one or let both die. ? Isn't it plainly better to save one? * Not from the parents' perspective. SEPARATING CONJOINED TWINS JODIE MARY Reconstruction required Spines Breathing for both babies Non-functioning vital organs Mentally alert Dependent on twin for life O Heart O Direction of oxygen OLungs Abdomen