Philosophy 1330 - Ethics » Summer 2022 » Quiz 4

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Question #1
For Singer, a ......... movement demands an expansion of our moral horizons and an extension or reinterpretation of the basic moral principle of equality.
A.   political
B.   union
C.   liberation
D.   ethnic
Question #2
The principle of equality, according to Singer, requires that ............. be counted equally no matter the nature of the beings.
A.   suffering
B.   nations
C.   numbering
D.   countries
Question #3
Singers notes that the racist violates the ............. by giving greater weight to the interests of members of his own race, when there is a clash between their interests and the interests of those of another race.
A.   principle of addition
B.   principle of philosophy
C.   principle of sociology
D.   principle of equality
Question #4
Singer argues that the speciesist violates the ......... to allow interests of his own species to override the greater interests of members of other species.
A.   principle of addition
B.   principle of equality
C.   principle of sociology
D.   principle of philosophy
Question #5
Singer notes that ............. ought to question the basic assumptions of the age.
A.   philosophy
B.   mathematics
C.   sociology
D.   psychology
Question #6
Rights arise, according to Cohen, only among beings who actually do or can make moral claims against one another.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #7
Cohen claims that animals do have moral capacities. They are morally self-legislative, can possibly be members of a truly- Moral community, and therefore can possess rights.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
Cohen holds that the analogy between speciesism and racism is insidious.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #9
Cohen states that one cannot coherently object to the killing of animals in biomedical investigations while continuing to eat them.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
According to Cohen, using animals as research subjects in medical investigations is widely condemned on the grounds that it wrongly violates the rights of animals and imposes on sentient creatures much avoidable suffering.
A.   False
B.   True

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