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6. Who criticised the Gaia Hypothesis by saying that darwinism is competitive not co-operative?

  • Richard Swinburne
  • Peter Singer
  • Richard Dawkins
  • Lynn Margulis

7. Who said "not can they reason, nor can they talk but can they suffer?"?

  • Steven Rose
  • Kant
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • J S Mill

8. Who said "I don't think ethics is only for humans"

  • Peter Singer
  • Aquinas
  • John Lovelock
  • Kant

9. Deep ecology is also known as...?

  • Libertarianism
  • Speciesism
  • Conservationism
  • Ecosophy

10. Who said "Nature has made all animals for the sake of men"?

  • Kant
  • Hume
  • Aristotle
  • Aquinas

11. Belief that God has given humanity responsibility to care and look after the planet

  • Creation Spirituality
  • Stewardship
  • Dominion

12. Shallow ecology is also known as...?

  • Speciesism
  • Conservationism
  • Libertarianism
  • Ecosophy

13. Which philosopher first phased deep ecology?

  • Arne Naess
  • Aldo Leopold
  • Peter Singer
  • Andrew Brennan

14. Which quote comes from Kant in terms of environmental ethics?

  • "Animals are there merely as a means to an end"
  • "I cannot see any medical grounds for doing this"
  • "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe...: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."
  • "It matters not how men behave to animals"

15. What analogy did Peter Singer present to illustrate his argument of speciesism?

  • Antelope and a dog caught in a trap
  • You are caught in a trap
  • Antelope and the human caught in a trap
  • Dog and a human caught in a trap

16. Who presented the Gaia Hypothesis?

  • Lynn Margulis (1978)
  • John Lovelock (1983)
  • John Lovelock (1977)
  • Richard Dawkin (1979)

17. The secondary focus of conservationism is...?

  • On materials and energy conservation which are essential to protecting the natural world
  • Maintaining the health of the natural world
  • Maintaining and conserving humanity