FrC 13E

Ungraded assignment for Fri. 2/1: responses
 
 

(Pg. 1) How is having an abortion an option? I just want to hear everyone's opinion because personally i do not believe it to be an option.—SM

On page 3 Korsgaard talks about the two sets of problems between human and non human animals. Do you think we are abusive to non-human animals that surround us? or is it our right as humans to take what we want?—LK

The author points out his reason for treating non-human animals as if they are human (p.3). Do you think we should treat them as humans?—RS

Question: If it is a high possibility that animals have certain human like emotions, is it morally right to keep them in places such as a zoo? Pg 4—ER

If a conscience were to define one as human, do you think that the argument that animals also have a conscience means they could be considered human? bottom of pg 4—JP

If a person can not control their "instincts, desires, emotions, and attachments" are they human or animal? According to Koorsgaard this is the major difference between human and animal.—PJI

My question is from page five-the last sentence of paragraph 2: "How can we define morality when everyone has a different view of what is and is not moral? Do we have an inherent sense of what is right and wrong or do we learn it? Is this the same for animals."—CD

Does that fact that we are moral animals mean that we have a greater responsibility to protect animals with less intellectual ability? Page 5—RA

So let me get this straight. The reason she believes that people are humane to animals is because we are "moral" animals; and the reason why we are not humane to animals is because they are a subspecies. So not because animals have a "conscious" and they can feel all these human like emotions, fear, joy, etc. right? P. 4-7—SC

Do you agree with the statement "we have no duties to the other animals" made on the third paragraph of page 5?—EC

So as she said on p.6 about referring to animals as "it" or "that", when you guys think of your pets, I'm assuming you refer to them as "him" or "her", not an "it". Do you think this only works because we have domesticated them and have kinda they have thoughts and wants, or does this apply to all animals?—KW

Many people have very close relationships with pets, such as dogs. Do you ever treat your pet like it has human-like qualities?—JB

On page 6, Korsgaard states 'It is pretty much impossible to avoid benefiting from medical research that is based on experiments on animals that have involved horrible suffering.' With that said,are the advances in medicine worth the experimentation? The polio vaccine was developed through testing on pigs and the tetanus shot was developed by testing it on horses; should we give up modern medicine such as these and allow people to die because animals were harmed to create life-saving medication?—KM

"Life preys on life" (p.6) Had it not been for the animal testing that most people are so against, there would not have been the medical innovations that we are enjoying today. Should we continue animal experimenting? Even in Wabash we do animal testing as well, usually with knockout mice.—KT