Multiple Choice
The controversy over the ivory-billed woodpecker has pitted those who want to build a massive irrigation project against environmentalists who want to stop the project to protect the woodpecker and other species. A biocentric species egalitarian would probably insist that the
A) project be completed but with rigid safeguards to protect all sentient beings.
B) project be completed to maximize the welfare of humans.
C) project be curtailed (but not stopped) to promote the interests of humans and the ivory-billed woodpecker only.
D) project be stopped to protect the ivory-billed woodpecker and all the other species of plants and animals.
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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