Benjamin Franklin believed that the virtues were in character.
a) deontological
b) utilitarian or teleological
c) egoistic
d) emotional
Question 2
Steinbock bases her defense of abortion rights on the fact that an early fetus
a. is nonsentient, and therefore has no interests of its own.
b. has no soul; ensoulment does not occur until late in pregnancy.
c. is not a member of the social community, and thus has no rights under the social
contract.
d. cannot reason, and therefore cannot be a fully moral being.
e. lacks any status as an independent functioning being, and thus cannot be the subject
of rights claims.
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