Exercises $1$ B: Identifying Moral Arguments

Exercise Instructions: For each of the following arguments, determine whether or not it is a moral argument, and concisely explain your answer.

$1.$

Voter intimidation $($intimidating someone to get them to vote for a particular candidate or to prevent them from voting$)$ is illegal. $\frac{O}{?}$

Impersonating an election official to falsely convince someone they don't have the right kind of ID to vote is voter intimidation.

So$,$ impersonating an election official to falsely convince someone they don't have the right kind of ID to vote is illegal.

It is good for teachers to have policies that improve student engagement in the classroom and that improve student comprehension and performance.

Banning laptop and phone use in the classroom improves student engagement, comprehension, and performance.

Therefore, it is good for teachers to ban laptop and phone use in the classroom

It is wrong to put your pets at unnecessary risk.

Keeping lilies in a place where they are accessible to your cat is an unneces sary risk to your pet.

Thus, it is wrong to keep lilies in a place where they are accessible to your ca

Any practice that exploits vulnerable people ought to be illegal.

Commercial surrogacy exploits vulnerable people.

So$,$ commercial surrogacy ought to be illegal.

Gene editing technology $($like CRISPR$)$ could one day allow us to elimin genes for serious diseases $($such as Huntington's disease, etc.$).$