- Because his "mean" is a relative mean, Aristotle is an ethical relativist.TrueFalse
- According to Aristotle, the moral virtues are developed by practice.TrueFalse
- Aristotle believes that Ethics is:a) a sustained reflection on the habits we should develop in order to live wellb) pointless, since I can never know in advance how to correctly "solve" a moral crisisc) not a useful field of study beause its premises and conclusions are only true for the most partd) no answer text provided
- Aristotle's definition of moral virtue is "a state of character in which I am habituated to choose the mean between two vicious extremes, a mean which is relative to human beings and is determined by the person of practical wisdom."TrueFalse
- Aristotle argues that we know that happiness is the goal of human life because:a) pleasure often accompanies happinessb) happiness is what spurs us to the rational lifec) happiness is final, self-sufficient and attainabled) no answer text provided
- As discussed in the chapter, ___________, The Republic, refers to the practice of infanticide for diseased or disabled newborns
- Aristotle thinks that pleasure often accompanies activities which help me to fulfill my function.TrueFalse
- A child is said to be this when he inherits on allele for a specific disease, and another that is normal
- Sickle cell occurs only when both parents are carriers of the ___________ gene
- A variant form of a given gene, which may determine a trait such as having type O or type A blood
- Human embryotic __________________ cells are the building blocks of life. Early in pregnancy, they begin to differentiate into all the body's specialized tissues and organs
- A ______________ carrier is a person who carries a defective gene that, when combined in reproduction with a similar one from another person, may yield a genetic defect.
- The study of methods for controlling the characteristics of future human populations through selective breeding
- A term used to describe advancements in medicine based on the opportunities to regenerate tissues
- The practice of altering DNA by splicing parts of one into another
- Modification of these cells would not affect the genetic make-up of one's children
- The treatment of genetic disease by the administration of genes to correct and absent or defective gene
- A gene that must be present in both parents for a child to inherit it
- A program of ________________ includes not only breeding but genetic intervention, and attempts to improve the gene pool by increasing the numbers of those with positive attributes
- A gene that needs to be present in only one parent to have a fifty-fifty chance of affecting each child is called the _______________ gene