Jeremy Bentham's Animal Rights and Utilitarianism Quiz

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Who is considered the founder of utilitarianism and the first philosopher to focus on the need for equal treatment of animals?

Jeremy Bentham

What was Bentham's primary concern regarding the treatment of animals?

The suffering humans imposed on animals.

In what year did Bentham write the following quote: 'But a full grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversable animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month, old. But suppose they were otherwise, what would it avail. The question is not, ‘Can they reason. Nor can they talk. But, can they suffer.'

1789

According to Vardy and Grosch, what are the 5 areas of debate around animal rights?

<p>Animals bred and killed for food, animals used for medical experiments, animals used to test cosmetics, animals bred and killed for fur, animals hunted for sport</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the examples of ways animals are made to suffer at the hands of humans according to the text?

<p>Animals bred and killed for food, animals used for medical experiments, animals used to test cosmetics, animals bred and killed for fur, animals hunted for sport</p> Signup and view all the answers