Question

A Don Marquis essay on the morality of this action (15[1])introduced the utilitarian “Future Like Ours” argument. (15[1])A paper about this action notes that there is no law under (15[1])which the bystanders to Kitty Genovese’s death could be prosecuted. (15[1])That paper about this action juxtaposes “good” and “minimally decent” Samaritans to argue that laws cannot justly compel people to be good. In discussing this action, an author questions whether (*) “person seeds” that drift through a protected window have a right to use the house in which they land. That essay about this action uses a thought experiment involving a kidnapped person being adjoined to a violinist in order to investigate cases (10[1])in which the “right to life” of a person can come into conflict with another person’s right to their body. For 10 points, name this action defended in a Judith Jarvis Thompson paper. ■END■

ANSWER: abortion [accept descriptive equivalents like ending pregnancy]
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Aidan FeinVanderbiltIllinois A915
Zach JosephNotre Dame AChicago A1615
Eylon CaplanPurdue APurdue B2815
Jisoo ParkIllinois BChicago B3815
Matthew AmanteNotre Dame BIndiana11010

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