Ethics
1. Explain the stories of Baby Theresa, Jodie and Mary, and Tracy Latimer. Reflect the idea of moral reasoning and list two other examples in society today.
-The lives of Baby Theresa, Jody and Mary, and Tracy Latimer reflected the idea of moral reasoning by being influenced by individual reasoning and the children did not have control of their lives, yet, their parents decided their fate. Moral reasoning in my interpretation is individual or collective practical reasoning about what morally we ought to do. In these three cases the parents of the children did what they morally thought would be best for their children, even though many will look at each circumstance differently. In the aspect of morality, the parents of these children used their own judgment and looked at the interest of the individual and how they would be affected. In the aspect of the Conscientious Moral Agent, each parent looked at their children and the suffering or feelings that were going through the child and they believed they were doing what was best for their child. They used their judgment and decided what was both best for them and their child, but may not have looked at what potentially others from the community or family members would feel about their actions. They may have believed they were acting in the best interest of their child in "their own mind" but onlookers may think respectfully different. In the case of Baby Theresa, an an encephalic infant–she was refereed to as a "baby without brains".
Baby Theresa's parents volunteered her organs for transplant. The physicians agreed that this was a good idea. In my opinion I think the parents were trying to salvage what they could from an awful situation. In quite a few states, brain death (which I assume would parallel anencephaly quite closely) is sufficient for removal from life support, at which point the patient dies and organs can be removed. When you think about it, if the baby truly did not have a...
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