Chat GPT: Please create a quiz to test people's basic competence on the ethical issues about abortion.

Please create a quiz to test people's basic competence on the ethical issues about abortion. [A follow up on this quiz!)

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Here's a Basic Ethics of Abortion Quiz designed to assess fundamental understanding of the main ethical issues and arguments surrounding abortion. It includes multiple-choice and short-answer questions.

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Basic Ethics of Abortion Quiz

Part 1: Multiple Choice (1 point each)

Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Which of the following is a common pro-choice ethical argument?
   A. Life begins at conception
   B. Abortion is murder
   C. Women have a right to bodily autonomy
   D. Fetuses are sentient from the moment of conception

2. Which philosopher is best known for the analogy of the unconscious violinist to argue for abortion rights?
   A. Judith Jarvis Thomson
   B. Don Marquis
   C. Peter Singer
   D. Rosalind Hursthouse

3. Which of the following is an argument often used by anti-abortion advocates?
   A. Fetuses are not biologically human
   B. Abortion reduces overpopulation
   C. Abortion is morally wrong because it intentionally kills an innocent human being
   D. Women should not have to justify their decisions

4. What is the primary claim of Don Marquis's "future like ours" argument against abortion?
   A. Fetuses are persons from conception
   B. Abortion is wrong because it deprives the fetus of a valuable future
   C. Only sentient beings have moral rights
   D. Abortion is a religious issue, not a philosophical one

5. What does the term “personhood” typically refer to in debates about abortion?
   A. The biological development of a fetus
   B. The legal rights of women
   C. The moral status or value of a being
   D. A religious designation of life

Part 2: True/False (1 point each)

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

6. All pro-choice arguments depend on denying that fetuses are biologically human.

7. Judith Jarvis Thomson accepts, for the sake of argument, that the fetus is a person in her famous essay.

8. According to virtue ethics, the morality of abortion can depend on the character and motives of the person choosing it.

9. Legal permissibility and moral permissibility are always the same.

10. The principle of bodily autonomy means others may never override your choices about your body.

Part 3: Short Answer (2–3 sentences each; 5 points each)

11. Briefly explain the difference between “biological humanity” and “moral personhood” in abortion ethics.

12. What is the main point of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, and how does it relate to abortion?

13. How might a virtue ethicist approach the question of whether abortion is morally acceptable?

14. Why might someone argue that even if abortion is killing, it is not necessarily murder?

15. What is one challenge or weakness of the “future like ours” argument against abortion?

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Here's the Answer Key for the Basic Ethics of Abortion Quiz:

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Answer Key: Basic Ethics of Abortion Quiz

Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. C. Women have a right to bodily autonomy

2. A. Judith Jarvis Thomson

3. C. Abortion is morally wrong because it intentionally kills an innocent human being

4. B. Abortion is wrong because it deprives the fetus of a valuable future

5. C. The moral status or value of a being

Part 2: True/False

6. False – Many pro-choice arguments acknowledge biological humanity but deny moral personhood or prioritize other moral considerations.

7. True – Thomson grants, for the sake of argument, that the fetus is a person to focus on bodily rights.

8. True – Virtue ethics evaluates the character and motives behind actions, not just the act itself.

9. False – Something can be legal but morally wrong, or morally acceptable but illegal.

10. False – Bodily autonomy is important, but in ethics and law, it can sometimes be overridden (e.g., quarantine, conscription).

Part 3: Short Answer (Sample answers below; variations acceptable as long as reasoning is sound)

11. Biological humanity refers to whether a being is biologically human (e.g., has human DNA). Moral personhood concerns whether the being has moral rights, such as the right to life, often linked to consciousness, sentience, or other traits.

12. Thomson's violinist analogy argues that even if the fetus is a person, a pregnant woman is not morally obligated to remain "plugged in" to sustain its life. It illustrates the idea that the right to life does not entail the right to use another person's body.

13. A virtue ethicist would consider whether choosing an abortion reflects virtues like compassion, responsibility, or wisdom. They would assess the context and motivation, not just whether the act meets a rule.

14. Someone might argue that while abortion ends a life, it is not murder because murder requires wrongful intent to kill a person with full moral status. If the fetus lacks personhood or the killing is justified, it may not be murder.

15. One challenge is that it assumes fetuses have the same kind of valuable future as adult humans, but critics argue fetuses lack psychological connection to that future or that contraception would be wrong by the same logic.