ANSC 2210 Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What welfare questions is there often little agreement on? - Correct Answers ✅- which practices reduce welfare the most
- which practices should be replaced, improved or banned
What is ethics dictionary definition - Correct Answers ✅the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation What is ethics simple definition - Correct Answers ✅how we ought to behave what is a moral view and how do we justify it - Correct Answers ✅it is more than a feeling or expression of personal taste-- need to provide a good reason to justify it moral (or ethical) duties (or obligations) may be - Correct Answers ✅direct or indirect what is a direct moral duty in terms of animals - Correct Answers ✅animals have moral standing & are members of our moral community what is indirect moral duty in terms of animals - Correct Answers ✅animals do not have moral standing & are not members of our moral community 1 / 4
ANSC 2210 Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) what are the 5 animal welfare philosophies - Correct Answers ✅- contractarian view
- utilitarian view
- animal rights view
- relational view
- respect for nature view
- based on self interest
- morality only applies to indiv's who can enter into an
- moral obligations towards animals based on how much they
- good treatment of ani's may be contingent on agreement
what is the contractarian view - Correct Answers ✅- morality based on contract/agreement between individuals
agreement & keep it
matter to other humans
between humans what is mutual cooperation - Correct Answers ✅treating others well means you will be treated well in return animals included or excluded from moral community (contract view) - Correct Answers ✅excluded -- bc they cannot enter 'agreement' 2 / 4
ANSC 2210 Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) indirect or direct moral obligations (contract view) - Correct
Answers ✅indirect -- if ani doesnt matter to a human: no
obligation
ex of what view: neighbour who doesnt like cats looks after ur
cat bc ur cat matters to u - Correct Answers ✅contractarian view what is the utilitarian view - Correct Answers ✅- morality based on consequences
- human actions should produce best possible consequences
- practice that causes suffering is acceptable as long as
- killing acceptable under certain conditions
- humans & ani's have inherent value 3 / 4
(max pleasure, min pain)
suffering outweighed by pleasure generated -- suffering & pleasure considered for human & ani
animals included or excluded from moral community (utilit view) - Correct Answers ✅included -- bc they can have pleasure & pain what is the animal rights view - Correct Answers ✅- morality based on rights that should be protected -- right to life & liberty
ANSC 2210 Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
- inherent value cant be used in calculations abt
- killing NOT morally acceptable -- only in self defense
consequences
animals included or excluded from moral community (ani rights view) - Correct Answers ✅included -- bc they are sentient beings like humans what is the relational view - Correct Answers ✅- 'ethics of
care': causing suffering is wrong bc demonstrates lack of care
- duties to ani's based on emotional relations to them --
- humans can feel sympathy for suffering of ani's
- humans may be concerned abt ani's bc of negative effect
- some wild ani's when they have interfered w their natural
whether they are close to us or not
that poor treatment of ani's may have on other humans humans may have special moral obligations toward - Correct Answers ✅- domestic ani's bc they are responsible for their existence & 'natures'
habitat
ex of what view: australia bushfires attracted lots of attention
from media to koala bears to be rescued bc they are cute but other ani's like snakes & scorpions likely not rescued - Correct Answers ✅relational view
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