1. According to the moral theories we've discussed this term (Kant, utilitarianism, and the ethics of care) what should the Roth's have done in this case?

a. Explain these moral theories (give core ideas, key differences in value, strengths/weaknesses) (10 pts) b. What answers do any TWO theories give to this problem? (Both Act and Rule Utilitarianism; Kant: Formula of Humanity and the Categorical Imperative; or Ethics of Care) (15 pts)

Susan Roth was looking forward to being a mother. She had quit her secretarial job three months before the due date so she could get everything ready. She and her eager husband spent many hours a day preparing for the arrival of their child. But the Roth infant was seriously deformed: Her legs failed to develop, her skull was mis-shapen, and her face deformed. Her Large intestine emptied through her vagina, and she had no muscular control over her bladder. They did not want the child to live and they subsequently mixed a lethal dose of a tranquilizer into the baby's formula. After having been charged with infanticide, Mrs. Roth claimed in court "I know I could not let my baby live like that"; "if only she had been mentally abnormal, she would not have known her fate. But she had a normal brain. She would have known. Placing her in an institution might have helped me, but it wouldn't have helped her."