2.2.3 Eating Animals:

• What is applied ethics concerned with?

  Resolving moral dilemmas
• What does applied ethics use to resolve moral dilemmas?

  Moral theories and reasoning
• What is the focus of medical ethics?

  Patient autonomy and confidentiality
• The issue of eating animals falls under the domain of animal ethics.


  True
• Factory farming is criticized for causing animal suffering and environmental damage.
• The debate over eating animals is a key example of applied ethics.


  True
• Arguments against eating animals often cite their ability to experience suffering.
• One argument against eating animals is that they are sentient beings and can suffer.

  True
• Deontologists believe that eating animals is morally wrong because it violates their inherent rights.


  True
• Deontology supports the moral status of animals regardless of the consequences of eating them.


  True
• Eating animals violates their right to life, according to animal rights advocates.


  True
• Applied ethics aims to resolve moral dilemmas by using ethical principles and reasoning.


  True
• Arguments against eating animals emphasize their sentience and ability to experience suffering
• Animals are not sentient beings and do not have moral status

  False
• Deontologists argue that eating animals violates their right to life regardless of consequences.


  True
• Economic considerations in farming animals create jobs and support livelihoods.
• Veganism rejects all forms of animal exploitation, including dairy and eggs.


  True
• The area of applied ethics that focuses on the moral treatment of animals is called animal ethics.
• Business ethics addresses principles such as honesty and corporate responsibility.
• Environmental ethics is concerned with issues such as conservation and pollution.
• Eating animals is universally agreed upon as morally wrong.

  False
• What key area of applied ethics does the issue of eating animals fall under?

  Animal ethics
• Which ethical framework evaluates the consequences of actions to determine their morality?

  Utilitarianism
• What type of person would a virtue ethicist consider when deciding whether to eat animals?

  Compassionate
• What is one economic argument for factory farming?

  Creates jobs
• What is a major environmental impact of animal agriculture?

  Deforestation
• Match the area of applied ethics with its focus:

  Medical ethics ↔️ Patient autonomy

  Business ethics ↔️ Corporate responsibility

  Environmental ethics ↔️ Conservation

  Animal ethics ↔️ Moral treatment of animals
• One argument for eating animals is that they are not sentient and do not have moral status.


  True
• Alternatives like plant-based diets can provide adequate nutrition.
• What is one advantage of factory farming practices?

  Efficient meat production
• Animals are sentient beings capable of experiencing suffering and pain.


  True
• Causing unnecessary suffering to animals for human consumption is morally wrong.
• Balanced meat consumption focuses on ethical farming practices and reducing suffering.
• Animal ethics considers the rights and welfare of animals.

  True
• Applied ethics is a branch of ethics that deals with theoretical moral principles.

  False
• Match the area of applied ethics with its focus:

  Medical ethics ↔️ Patient autonomy

  Business ethics ↔️ Honesty in practices

  Environmental ethics ↔️ Conservation and pollution

  Animal ethics ↔️ Animal rights
• What is one argument against eating animals based on their sentience?

  Animals can suffer
• Match the area of applied ethics with its focus:

  Medical ethics ↔️ Patient confidentiality

  Environmental ethics ↔️ Conservation

  Animal ethics ↔️ Animal welfare
• What is one argument in favor of eating animals based on human nutrition?

  Necessary for human nutrition
• Arrange the ethical arguments for and against eating animals in contrasting pairs:

  1️⃣ Animals are not sentient beings vs. Animals are sentient and can suffer

  2️⃣ Eating animals is natural vs. Plant-based diets are adequate

  3️⃣ Farming animals benefits humans vs. Factory farming causes harm