PHI 240 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following Physician-assisted suicide;
administering a lethal injection or lethal dose at a patient's request? - Answer- Active
Voluntary
T/F: The primary role of hospice is to provide pain relief and comfort to the dying -
Answer- True
T/F: According to the class discussion, most people are choosing to use Euthanasia do
so because they fear the pain - Answer- False
T/F: Dr. Jack Kevorkian was the first person to take their life as a result of PAS? -
Answer- False
T/F: If my child is terminally ill I can choose to allow them to go through with PAS -
Answer- False
Which of the following is not one of the criteria for irreversible brain damage? - Answer-
Reflexes
T/F: Hospice wants to help people through comfort and dignity - Answer- True
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following: Withholding life support or medical
treatment from an incompetent person? - Answer- Passive Involuntary
T/F: Taking a direct action to terminate a patient's life because they have requested it is
called mercy killing - Answer- False
T/F: In states where PAS is legal, you are allowed to have some physically assist you to
carry it out - Answer- False
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following: Giving an incompetent person, such
as an infant or person in a coma a lethal injection? - Answer- Active Involuntary
T/F: The withholding of life support measures can be viewed as a form of euthanasia -
Answer- True
, Which of the following is not one of the arguments in favor of euthanasia? - Answer-
Essentialist view of personhood
What does a DNR stand for? - Answer- Do Not Resuscitate
Euthanasia means what? - Answer- Good & Death
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following: Withholding life support or medical
treatment at the patient's direct request or indirectly through a living will? - Answer-
Passive Voluntary
A Persistent Vegetative State happens when what is damaged? - Answer- Cerebral
Cortex
T/F: Advanced directives are sometime also called Durable power of attorney? -
Answer- True
Which of the following is not one of the criteria for using Physician Assisted Suicide? -
Answer- Diagnosed with any disease that will result as death in the next year
T/F: Psychological egosim makes a claim about human nature and the way things are -
Answer- True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone should always act in his or
her best self-interest, regardless of the interest of others, unless their interests also
serve his or hers? - Answer- Universal Ethical Egosim
T/F: According to Nietzsche, altruism is not self-defeating - Answer- False
T/F: Hedonism talks about that pleasure is a standard of value - Answer- True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone ought to act in my own best
self-interest? - Answer- Individual Ethical Egoism
T/F: Ethical subjectivism is concerned with the self-interest that are rational - Answer-
False
According to Principle of Equal Treatment, racism is justified. - Answer- False
Which of the following is not one of the key claims of ethical egoism? - Answer-
Individuals should do what feels right
Who called hedonism debauchery? - Answer- C.S. Lewis/Epicurus
ANSWERS
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following Physician-assisted suicide;
administering a lethal injection or lethal dose at a patient's request? - Answer- Active
Voluntary
T/F: The primary role of hospice is to provide pain relief and comfort to the dying -
Answer- True
T/F: According to the class discussion, most people are choosing to use Euthanasia do
so because they fear the pain - Answer- False
T/F: Dr. Jack Kevorkian was the first person to take their life as a result of PAS? -
Answer- False
T/F: If my child is terminally ill I can choose to allow them to go through with PAS -
Answer- False
Which of the following is not one of the criteria for irreversible brain damage? - Answer-
Reflexes
T/F: Hospice wants to help people through comfort and dignity - Answer- True
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following: Withholding life support or medical
treatment from an incompetent person? - Answer- Passive Involuntary
T/F: Taking a direct action to terminate a patient's life because they have requested it is
called mercy killing - Answer- False
T/F: In states where PAS is legal, you are allowed to have some physically assist you to
carry it out - Answer- False
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following: Giving an incompetent person, such
as an infant or person in a coma a lethal injection? - Answer- Active Involuntary
T/F: The withholding of life support measures can be viewed as a form of euthanasia -
Answer- True
, Which of the following is not one of the arguments in favor of euthanasia? - Answer-
Essentialist view of personhood
What does a DNR stand for? - Answer- Do Not Resuscitate
Euthanasia means what? - Answer- Good & Death
Which action of euthanasia would fit the following: Withholding life support or medical
treatment at the patient's direct request or indirectly through a living will? - Answer-
Passive Voluntary
A Persistent Vegetative State happens when what is damaged? - Answer- Cerebral
Cortex
T/F: Advanced directives are sometime also called Durable power of attorney? -
Answer- True
Which of the following is not one of the criteria for using Physician Assisted Suicide? -
Answer- Diagnosed with any disease that will result as death in the next year
T/F: Psychological egosim makes a claim about human nature and the way things are -
Answer- True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone should always act in his or
her best self-interest, regardless of the interest of others, unless their interests also
serve his or hers? - Answer- Universal Ethical Egosim
T/F: According to Nietzsche, altruism is not self-defeating - Answer- False
T/F: Hedonism talks about that pleasure is a standard of value - Answer- True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone ought to act in my own best
self-interest? - Answer- Individual Ethical Egoism
T/F: Ethical subjectivism is concerned with the self-interest that are rational - Answer-
False
According to Principle of Equal Treatment, racism is justified. - Answer- False
Which of the following is not one of the key claims of ethical egoism? - Answer-
Individuals should do what feels right
Who called hedonism debauchery? - Answer- C.S. Lewis/Epicurus
