Deck 16: Environmental Ethics

Question 1

The difference between a vegetarian and a vegan is that vegans cannot eat pinto beans or wear leather shoes.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The main argument for hunting is that men like it.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which architect tried to design buildings as an organic and integral part of nature?

A)Le Corbusier
B)Philip Johnson
C)Brunelleschi
D)Frank Lloyd Wright

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Western view has tended to adopt an adversarial relation to nature.

Question 5

If you believe that humans and nature together form a moral community you are a .

A)speciesist
B)wholist
C)sentientist
D)hippie

Question 6

The main argument for the use of animals in experiments is that

A)we would have to use humans to find cures for disease but humans are more important than animals.
B)they don't complain too much).
C)animals don't have rights since they can't claim them).
D)none of the above.

Question 7

The basis for the use and exploitation of nature is the view that

A)nature will destroy us if we don't control it as the poet says "nature is red in tooth and claw").
B)we are superior reasoning beings- nature is a resource to do with as we please.
C)we can make profit from nature.
D)all of the above.

Question 8

Science and technology have tended to aid and abet the adversarial relation to nature.

Question 9

Veal calves are raised in cruel and immoral ways.

Question 10

It is possible to achieve a balance between the progress of civilization and sustaining the natural environment.

Question 11

The predominant attitude to nature in the Bible and the Judeo-Christian tradition generally has been

A)oppositional.
B)harmonious.
C)relaxed.
D)subordinate.

Question 12

The moderate position on the use and exploitation of nature is that

A)nature is at our disposal.
B)humans are far more important than the environment.
C)trees have rights.
D)nature and humans are intimately related.

Question 13

Speciesism is the belief that all species are equal.

Question 14

There is a growing recognition that natural resources are being wasted and destroyed.

Question 15

The different traditions approach nature in various ways.The wholistic approach has always been part of the tradition.

A)Western
B)Native American/Eastern
C)Christian
D)Jewish

Question 16

What should our relationship to nature be?

A)Wholistic
B)Dominion over
C)Use it or lose it
D)Don't worry, be happy

Question 17

A vegan is someone who does not eat

A)meat.
B)meat and fish.
C)meat and animal products.
D)pizza.

Question 18

The "evolution argument" supports the idea that human beings have dominion over nature.

Question 19

Sentientism is the view that only beings with bodies should be the subject of moral concern.