Animal Rights

Question 1

Intrinsic value

Answer 1

Something has value from within regardless of anyone else’s opinion

Question 2

Instrumental value

Answer 2

Has value because we need to use it

Question 3

Greek philosopher Aristotle

Answer 3

Argued 3 types of souls- humans more important because of their ability to reason- no moral status or rights

Question 4

Peter Singer

Answer 4

Blamed Aristotle for out poor approach to animals which he saw as specism. He blamed him for the sliding scale of sientence-

Question 5

Peter singers quote

Answer 5

The greatest something capability to feel pain or pleasure the more it counted

Question 6

Charles Darwin

Answer 6

Need meat to survive as source of protein

Canine teeth for chewing and eating meat

Question 7

Richard Dawkins

Answer 7

Survival of the fittest

Question 8

Bare grills

Answer 8

Need meat to survive

Question 9

Jeremy Bentham

Answer 9

The question is not can they reason but can they suffer?

Question 10

Blood sports/hunting

Answer 10

Activities which cause suffering to the animals for example bull fighting or fox hunting. Many banned but still go on in secret

Question 11

Culling

Answer 11

A method of controlling numbers of animals in certain areas. Killed in order to control numbers. E.g elephants were culled in South Africa because they were a danger to people and caused excessive damage to crops also in the UK culling of badgers to prevent a spread of tuberculous in cattle