Deck 17: Animal Ethics

Question 1

About how many animals are used for experiments each year in the US?

A)1.5 million
B)25 million
C)30 million
D)70 million

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the difference between animal welfare concerns and animal rights concerns? (Be sure to incorporate a discussion of moral agency and moral patience into your answer.)

Answer 2

Students' answers may vary.

Question 3

If animals have value only in so far as they are useful for humans, then they have only instrumental, not intrinsic, value.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

By calling something a moral agent, we mean that it is a being that has rights.

Question 5

Sentience refers to an animal's ability to

A)Reason.
B)Be aware of existence.
C)Suffer.
D)Communicate.

Question 6

Globally, how many animal species are considered to be endangered?

A)Almost 500
B)Almost 20,000
C)Almost 5000
D)Almost 15,000

Question 7

Which of the following moral perspectives best represents Singer's approach to animal ethics?

A)Natural law
B)Kantianism
C)Care ethics
D)Utilitarianism

Question 8

From the anthropocentric perspective the idea that we should curtail human activities to preserve a nonhuman species is generally anchored in which of our ethical theories?

A)Utilitarianism
B)Categorical imperative
C)Relativism
D)Natural law

Question 9

Singer begins his argument by comparing animal rights to

A)Human rights.
B)Children's rights.
C)Women's rights.
D)Natural rights.

Question 10

A so-called "right" refers to a strong and legitimate moral claim.

Question 11

Which of the following is true of vivisection, as it is practiced today?

A)A conscious being is dissected.
B)An animal is involuntarily euthanized.
C)A person is involuntarily  euthanized.
D)A vegetable is  involuntarily dissected.

Question 12

From a utilitarian perspective, animals have rights so long as they may suffer.

Question 13

Arguments that animals have rights usually appeal to

A)Utilitarianism.
B)Categorical imperative.
C)Relativism.
D)Natural law.

Question 14

We have duties toward animals only if they have rights.

Question 15

In light of the discussion in your text, which of the following gives the best reason to believe that animals have intrinsic value?

A)Animals are interested in their own survival.
B)We love our pets.
C)Humane farming produces a better product.
D)Hedgehogs are so cute!

Question 16

A prudential argument for vegetarianism would be that it is a healthier diet for humans.

Question 17

Justifications for animal experimentation typically appeal to reasoning?

A)Utilitarian
B)Categorical imperative
C)Relative
D)Natural law

Question 18

Animals are moral patients if what we do to them matters morally.

Question 19

The idea of "equal consideration" refers to an equal consideration of moral rights.

Question 20

Peter Singer compares "speciesism" with racism. Explain Singer's point. Using the concepts you've learned (from this and earlier chapters of your text)evaluate Singer's argument.

Question 21

According to your text, the "animal welfare" approach may serve as an intermediate approach, between animal rights perspectives and more anthropocentric perspectives.

Question 22

What would convince you to be a vegan? In your argument, incorporate the difference between veganism and vegetarianism. Be sure to refer to specific moral criteria (e.g., consequentialist theories, non-consequentialist theories, care ethics, etc.).

Question 23

Descartes thought animal consciousness was equivalent to human consciousness.

Question 24

All vegetarians are vegans.

Question 25

Present arguments for "fair chase" from each of the following perspectives: consequentialism, virtue ethics, deontological ethics.