5. According to the second formulation of Kant's categoricalimperative, we must:
“So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or thatof any other, in every case as an end in itself, never as a meansonly.â€
Assuming this imperative, it follows that selecting for disabilityis wrong if it treats the child as a means to satisfying theparents' selfish preferences.
answer options: true or false
6.The principle that other people should always be treated asends in themselves is widely accepted.
answer options: true or false
7. BIOCENTRISM: If biocentrism (as characterized by Vaughn) iscorrect, it follows that a rat has the same moral status as aredwood.
answer choices: true or false
8.LISA NEWTON ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: According to Lisa Newton,“Outside of the area of protection of law, no sense can be made ofthe violation of rights.â€
If this is correct, and assuming that not being enslaved wasoutside the area of protection of law in the ante bellum USA, itfollows that no sense can be made of the violation of the rights ofAfrican Americans who were enslaved in the ante bellum USA.
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9. HERITABILITY & INHERITANCE: If IQ has high heritabilityand there is a difference in the average IQ of two populations,then that difference is due largely to genetics (because geneticsis the underlying mechanism of heritability).
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10.Consider the argument:
Either there is a general objection to goat breeding or there isno general objection to selection for disability.
There is no general objection to goat breeding.
Therefore, there is no general objection to selection fordisability.
This argument is:
answer options: valid or invalid