Exam 13: Animals

What is the best objection to Norcross's claim that people who consume factory-farmed meat are just as immoral as Fred the puppy-torturer? How would Norcross reply to this objection? Do you think his reply is successful? Explain and defend your answers.

Explain and discuss the Argument from Marginal Cases. Do you think this argument is sound? If not, why not? If so, what implications does this have for the ethics of meat-eating and lab experimentation? Defend your answers.

What widespread practice does Norcross argue is morally equivalent to Fred's torture of puppies?

What is contractualism? Is this the best framework for addressing moral questions in your view? Why or why not?

According to the Emotional Attachment Argument, we

Talk about: -Battery cages

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

According to Carruthers, the common-sense intuition that when we are morally required to prevent the suffering of animals for the sake of the animals themselves

Hursthouse claims that using moral status as an evaluative concept in arguments about the treatment of animals is

According to the non-speciesist utilitarian test (NSUT), an experiment on a nonhuman animal is justified

What do our duties toward animals derive from according to Carruthers?

According to Norcross, most (and perhaps all) nonhuman animals are

According to Hursthouse, regularly eating commercially farmed meat is contrary to the virtue of

Explain and discuss Singer's claim that speciesism is morally wrong in the same ways as racism and sexism. Do you agree with this claim? Why or why not?

According to the Rights Argument,

According to Singer, it is an implication of the principle of equality that our concern for others ought not to depend on

One might object to the Dependency Argument on the grounds that

According to Hursthouse, _______ is a better translation of the Greek word arête than virtue.

People in full possession of the virtue of _______ will experience no inner conflict as a result of abstaining from meat consumption.

Torturing an animal or causing it unnecessary pain is morally wrong per Carruthers's view because