Applied Ethics - Animals
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- Created on: 23-02-16 15:20
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2. For Kant, what is the only source of good?
- A virtuous character
- Superior reasoning
- A good will
- The consequences of an action
3. Which is true (according to Peter Singer)?
- The interests of animals should be taken into account differently as all have varied experience and levels of interests
- A young orphaned infant has more interests than a primate.
- The interests of animals should all be viewed as completely equal
- It is irrelevant the way in which an animal suffers.
4. Which is a correct Singer quote?
- "In suffering the animals are our equals."
- "Speciesism is the most pressing issue of this century"
- "I'm craving a burger"
- "All lives matter"
5. Under what conditions would treating animals badly be morally wrong for Kant?
- If animals develop better communication skills so that they can explain their experience of pain.
- If it compromises a person's ability to treat other humans well, and therefore threatens the person's own moral integrity.
- If the overall suffering of animals outweighs the pleasure this bad treatment creates for humans.
- If the animals are the subject of a life
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