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Self Test D on Knowledge Associated With Choice #41 note: expanded offering

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1. A belief that basically means "basing moral value on usefulness" is _______________________.

1) pragmatism    2) utilitarianism    3) ethnocentrism       4) ethical relativism    5) individualism

2.  Someone who  respects the rights of animals / nature and dislikes anthropocentrism would most likely respect all of the following except  which?    

1) debt for nature swaps      2) wild animals having legal standing      3) the environmental movement      

4) belief that nature should serve people         5) stewardship, not having dominion over 

3. The phrase “positing human characteristics” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) anthropomorphism    2) anthropocentrism    3) animism 

4) human capital        5) androcentrism

4.   Which of the following associations is wrong?

1) biodiversity / roughly gauged by # of species  

2) geoengineering / ultimate in human dominion over Earth     

3) naturalistic fallacy / "nature knows best"

4) eminent domain / government sells off  public land

5)  tragedy of commons / selfish use degrades resource

5.  From an environmental perspective, the best example of inefficient protein production would be ____________.

1)  the vegan lifestyle       2) ribosomes as protein assembly plants                   3) typical poultry production  

4) typical farm-raised fish production          5) typical feedlot-based production of beef 

6.   For one who respects the rights of animals / nature, besides pushing  for ethical treatment for animals in general,  working _________________  would not be unexpected.    

1) to promote vegan diets        2) to protect wild animal habitats         

3) to promote treating farm animals as to preserve their dignity  

4) to legally guarantee certain animals the right to life, liberty, and freedom from torture

5) for all of the above

7.  Which of the following  statements or beliefs best summarizes the views of someone for whom anthropocentrism theme is a key component of their overall worldview ?  

1) development should be sustainable     2) ethnocentrism and individualism    

3) nature should serve people     4) utilitarianism and individualism

5) utilitarianism and humility  

8. Which of the following beliefs might be held by someone for whom anthropocentrism is a key component of their overall worldview for religious reasons?

1) in wholism                   2) that God created the world with human happiness in mind

3) that the integrity of God's creation should be respected

4) in pantheism                   5)  that God did not give humans dominion over nature

9.  A belief that you would not expect someone for whom belief in anthropocentrism  is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be belief in or being sympathetic to which of the following?

1) altruism       2)  sanctity of private property        

3) human exceptionalism

4) egoism         5) the wise use philosophy 

10. Members of all of the following groups would most likely respect the rights of animals / nature and dislike anthropocentrism  except which?

1) ecofeminists         2) vegetarians            3) traditional Christians    4) Jainists       5) indigenous people

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