Chapter 13 Self-Quiz

. A view is speciesist if it says that humans are more morally important than animals by virtue of

having been created in God's image.

being members of Homo sapiens.

being members of a species with morally special capacities.

being members of a more powerful species.

. Which of the following arguments entails that it is generally morally wrong to kill animals?

the Power Argument

the Emotional Attachment Argument

the Argument from Marginal Cases

the Hypocrisy Argument

. Supporters of meat-eating and animal experimentation usually argue that

we cannot compare the moral importance of humans and non-human animals.

humans and non-human animals have equal moral importance.

humans are more morally important than non-human animals.

non-human animals are more morally important than humans.

. According to the Dependency Argument, it is morally acceptable for humans to treat farm and lab animals however best suits their interests because

humans depend on these animals for research and sustenance.

these animals depend on humans for existence and sustenance.

humans and animals are mutually dependent.

humans and animals are mutually independent.

. Which of the following claims could be used to justify our current treatment of farm and lab animals?

Animals lack moral rights.

Animals are not moral agents.

Some humans lack moral rights.

Some humans are not moral agents.

. Which of the following claims is made by the Rights Argument?

Animals lack moral rights.

Humans have moral rights.

Humans are permitted to treat animals however we think best.

all of the above

. Which of the following abilities to supporters of meat-eating and animal experimentation claim non-human animals lack?

the ability to enter into reciprocal agreements

the ability to feel pleasure and pain

the ability to plan for the future

the ability to stand up for themselves

. Which of the following is not cited by the text as a reason why some people think humans are more morally important than animals?

Humans can feel more pleasure and pain than animals.

Humans were endowed with greater moral importance by God.

Humans are rational and autonomous, and animals are not.

Humans are more morally important simply by virtue of being human.

. If the Argument from Marginal Cases is sound, then

all animals are as morally important as all humans.

all animals are more morally important than some humans.

some humans are more morally important than some animals.

some animals are as at least as morally important as some humans.

. So-called marginal human beings are humans

who have no interests.

who cannot feel pleasure and pain.

who lack the physical strength to control non-human animals.

whose mental lives are no more developed than those of non-human animals.

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