Chapter 35 Self Quiz

. When Kant encourages us to regard nonhuman animals as “the ultimate and final Other,” this involves regarding them as

fellow creatures who suffer.

mere means for the attainment of human ends.

fellow members of the moral community.

existential enemies.

. The philosopher Kant held the view that nonhuman animals

are suitable for use by humans as “mere means” to our ends.

are beneath the dignity of human beings.

were formerly regarded by humans as fellow creatures, but no more.

all of the above

. For Korsgaard, the concept of “center of self” from George Eliot’s Middlemarch refers to*

the list of passionate desires that constitutes a person’s primary goals in life.

any being capable of experiencing pleasure or pain.

a being’s existence and value as an independent being.

a subconscious layer of the human psyche.

. When it comes to nonhuman animals’ standing as ends in themselves, Korsgaard

believes it has the same foundation as ours.

is doubtful but thinks the evidence is inconclusive.

argues that nonhumans cannot share this status.

regards the concept of “ends in themselves” as irrelevant in this case.

. Korsgaard believes we cannot get animals properly in view when

we try to judge their worth by the lights of morality.

we use human standards to try to understand them.

our perspective is colored by emotional attachments to particular animals.

we try to imagine what it is like to be a nonhuman animal.

. Korsgaard believes that the existence of nonhuman animals challenges how humans conceive the world.

True

False

. Korsgaard argues that whereas humans pursue their ends as though they are absolutely important, nonhumans do not.

True

False

. Korsgaard rejects Jeff McMahan’s view that there is something special about the way human lives are structured over time.

True

False

. Korsgaard believes some animals’ lives have a narrative structure that we humans, if not the animals themselves, can recognize and describe.

True

False

. Korsgaard’s view is that human lives have a kind of importance that other animal lives lack.

True

False

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