Question 11 pts
What is meant by saying that non-human animals have interests?
Question 21 pts
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?
Group of answer choicesUtilitarianismCategorical imperative
Relativism
Natural law
Question 31 pts
To argue that animals have rights is to appeal to
Group of answer choicesUtilitarianism.Categorical imperative.
Relativism.
Natural law.
Question 41 pts
Globally, how many animal species are considered to be endangered?
Group of answer choicesAlmost 500Almost 20,000
Almost 5000
Almost 15,000
Question 51 pts
One prudential argument for vegetarianism is that it probably gives one a healthier diet.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 61 pts
By calling something a moral agent we mean that it is a being that can suffer.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 71 pts
Animal experimentation appeals to ________ reasoning?
Group of answer choicesUtilitarianCategorical imperative
Relative
Natural law
Question 81 pts
About how many animals are used for experiments each year in the US?
Group of answer choices1.5 million25 million
30 million
70 million
Question 91 pts
Only if animals have rights do we have duties toward them.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 101 pts
Distinguish the notion of some being having an interest and having things that are in its best interest.
Question 111 pts
To say that an animal is sentient means that it has certain desires and interests.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 121 pts
A right is a strong legitimate claim.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 131 pts
What does it mean to say that pain is only prima facie bad?
Question 141 pts
What are some moral arguments in defense of vegetarianism?
Question 151 pts
Singer begins his argument by comparing animal rights to
Group of answer choicesHuman rights.Children’s rights.
Women’s rights.
Natural rights.
Question 161 pts
Animals are moral patients if what we do to them matters morally.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 171 pts
Sentience refers to an animal’s ability to
Group of answer choicesReason.Be aware of existence.
Feel emotion.
Communicate.
Question 181 pts
Give an anthropocentric and a non-anthropocentric reason for not being cruel to animals.
Question 191 pts
If animals have value only in so far as they are useful for humans, then they have only instrumental, not intrinsic, value.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse