PHL 115 CMI McKitrick

Quiz #7 Review

Animals

Singer, Animal Liberation

Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Thomas Taylor, A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes

speciesism

Who deserves equal consideration? How should we decide?

Should we experiment on brain-damaged, newborn, human orphan?

Reagan, The Case for Animal Rights

direct duties

indirect duties

Contractarianism

What is it? What does it imply for animals? What are some objections?

Rawls

Original Position

Veil of Ignorance

Cruelty/Kindness view

What is it? What does it imply for animals? What are some objections?

Virtue Ethics

Aristotle

Utilitarianism

What is it? What does it imply for animals? What are some objections?

Inherent Value/Rights view

What is it? What does it imply for animals? What are some objections?

Cohen, "The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research"

2 arguments against animal experimentation.

What are they? How do they go? Who gives them?

Cohen's replies

Why don't animals have rights?

Substitution

Reduction

Consistency