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Wadzanai

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Peter Railton gives an example in which gaining better historical and biological
  knowledge might legitimately change one's moral view; that example involves moral
  beliefs concerning
 
  a. capital punishment.
  b. a caste system.
  c. rights of animals.
  d. access to medical care.
  e. war.

Question 2

Brock considers the argument that human cloning would cause special psychological
  problems for the cloned individual, and he concludes that
 
  a. real, substantial, significant, and unavoidable psychological harm would
  inevitably result.
  b. this is a fantasy, and no genuine risk is involved.
  c. there is almost certain to be some psychological harm, but the harm is small and is
  treatable.
  d. there is likely to be some harm, but there will certainly be greater psychological
  benefits than harms.
  e. this is a speculative issue, and we simply do not know at this point whether there
  would be psychological harms.



karmakat49

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

e



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