By: Amanda, Atasha, Deanna, Jessica, Mike,

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Group 4

• By Amanda, Atasha, Deanna, Jessica, Mike, Nikki

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Situation

• Conjoined twins Mary Jodie fused at the base of
  their spine
• Continuous trunk with legs splayed sideways
• Fusion of circulatory systems and the twins
  shared a single bladder
• Mary, the weaker twin, had no effective heart,
  her lungs had never inflated and she had only a
  primitive brain.
• Using Jodie as life support

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Question 4

• Mary can never have an independent existence and
  has only primitive brain function. Continuation
  of her life in a conjoined state is likely to
  cause her pain and suffering until her eventual
  death. Can it be argued that Mary therefore has
  no interests nor will ever be capable of having
  any interests or of valuing her own existence?

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Terminology

• Primitive Brain
• Effective Heart
• Un-inflated Lungs
• Life Support
• Quality of Life

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Aristotle

• Attainment of Happiness
• Doctrine of the Mean
• Intellectual Virtue
• Autonomy of Will

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Conclusion

• Mary does not, and never will be capable of
  having any interests or value her own existence.

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Questions?