Animal rights Flashcards
Cohen asserts that rights are properly understood as:
claims
Cohen claims that our obligations are:
sometimes grounded in rights, but sometimes are not..
According to Cohen, severely cognitively disabled humans:
have rights, because they are members of the human species..
Cohen argues that speciesism is:
. essential for right conduct..
Cohen claims that experimentation on animals is partially or wholly responsible for:
virtually all medical advances..
Cohen concludes that the use of animals in biomedical research:
should be increased.
The two arguments against animal-based research that Cohen mentions are based on:
rights and suffering..
Cohen claims that the argument comparing speciesism to racism is:
unsound, morally offensive