2.2.3 Eating animals

• Deontology emphasizes duties and rules regardless of consequences.


  True
• What does deontology emphasize in the context of eating animals?

  Respecting animal rights
• Eating animals violates fundamental duties, according to deontology
• Match the ethical framework with its key principle:

  Consequentialism ↔️ Maximize overall happiness

  Deontology ↔️ Respect duties and rules

  Virtue Ethics ↔️ Cultivate virtuous character

  Rights-based Ethics ↔️ Protect individual rights
• Eating animals can maximize overall happiness if the benefits to humans outweigh the caused to animals.suffering
• When considering the ethics of eating animals, it is important to examine sustainable practices and animal welfare concerns.


  True
• Balancing human needs with minimizing harm to animals requires ethical and sustainable farming practices.


  True
• Who argues that animals' capacity to feel pain grants them moral consideration?

  Peter Singer
• Consequentialism argues against eating animals because it causes significant animal suffering
• Rights-based ethics argues that eating animals violates their inherent right to live free from suffering.


  True
• Cultural or personal arguments for eating animals emphasize freedom of choice and tradition.


  True
• Finding a balance between human needs and animal welfare may involve improved farming practices and increased adoption of plant-based alternatives.


  True
• Applied ethics is the branch of moral philosophy that concerns itself with applying moral theories and principles to concrete issues
• Who are two key thinkers in applied ethics mentioned in the study material?

  Peter Singer and Tom Regan
• Order the steps in determining moral status according to the study material

  1️⃣ Consider intrinsic value

  2️⃣ Consider extrinsic value

  3️⃣ Compare with human infants or comatose adults
• Virtue ethics argues that eating animals is morally inconsistent with developing virtuous character traits.


  True
• Peter Singer argues that animals' capacity to feel pain grants them equal moral consideration.


  True
• What cultural or personal argument is often used in favor of eating animals?

  Long-standing tradition
• Intensive factory farming causes significant animal suffering, environmental damage, and raises serious ethical issues
• What is the primary goal of applied ethics?

  Solve practical dilemmas
• The moral status of animals refers to their entitlement to moral consideration and rights
• What fundamental duty does deontology highlight in relation to eating animals?

  Avoid unnecessary harm
• What utilitarian argument is used in favor of eating animals?

  Maximizes overall happiness
• Intensive factory farming causes significant animal suffering and environmental damage
• What is the central principle of consequentialism?

  Actions are judged based on outcomes
• According to consequentialism, eating animals is justified if it leads to greater overall happiness
• What is the central argument against eating animals from a consequentialist perspective?

  Causes significant animal suffering
• What fundamental right do rights-based ethics argue is violated by eating animals?

  The right to live free from suffering
• What does the extrinsic value perspective say about animals' worth?

  Depends on usefulness to humans
• The strength of the arguments against eating animals tends to outweigh the arguments in favor
• What is one advantage of pasture-raised or free-range farming?

  Reduces animal suffering
• Match the ethical framework with its key principle:

  Consequentialism ↔️ Maximize overall happiness

  Deontology ↔️ Respect duties and rules

  Virtue Ethics ↔️ Develop virtuous character

  Rights-based Ethics ↔️ Protect individual rights
• Virtue ethics suggests that eating animals contradicts traits like compassion, kindness, and respect for life
• Necessity arguments suggest that eating animals is sometimes necessary for survival in regions with limited plant-based sources
• What is one ethical consideration of sustainable farming practices?

  Improved animal welfare