Chapter Six | Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty

Field Problems

1. Go online to find news articles about physician-assisted suicide. (See WashingtonPost.com, CNN.com, USAToday.com, and NYTimes.com.) Select a specific case. How might a natural law theorist judge the rightness or wrongness of the actions involved?

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2. Go to USAToday.com or CNN.com to select a news article about capital punishment for minors (those underage when they committed capital crimes) or for people with mental disabilities. Select a particular case. Would Kant approve of the actions in that case? Why or why not?

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