Deck 16: Animal Rights

Question 1

To say that an animal is sentient means that it has certain desires and interests.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

To argue that animals have rights is to appeal to

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Give an anthropocentric and a non-anthropocentric reason for not being cruel to animals.

Answer 3

An anthropocentric reason for not being cruel to animals is that it will probably negatively affect our own characters and probably will pain some other people. A non-anthropocentric reason for not being cruel to animals is because of the suffering itself experienced by the animals.

Question 4

By calling something a moral agent we mean that it is a being that can suffer.

Question 5

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

A) 500
B) 1000
C) 2000
D) 15,000

Question 6

Only if animals have rights do we have duties toward them.

Question 7

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

Question 8

Animal experimentation appeals to ________ reasoning?

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

Question 9

What does it mean to say that pain is only prima facie bad?

Question 10

Distinguish the notion of some being having an interest and having things that are in its best interest.

Question 11

Singer begins his argument by comparing animal rights to

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

Question 12

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 13

One prudential argument for vegetarianism is that it probably gives one a healthier diet.

Question 14

What does Rolston mean when he says that we can have a duty to a species? What concept of species does this involve?

Question 15

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

A) 1.5 million
B) 15 million
C) 30 million
D) 70 million

Question 16

A right is a strong legitimate claim.

Question 17

Sentience refers to an animal's ability to

A) Reason
B) Be aware of existence
C) Feel emotion
D) Communicate

Question 18

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

Question 19

What is meant by saying that non-human animals have interests?