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Questions
1. According to Singer, what is the fundamental principle of equality?
2. Do you think considering human interests as more morally important than animal interests is merely a prejudice? Explain and defend.
3. Of birds, fish, reptiles, and insects, which have interests deserving of equal consideration? Why?
4. According to Steinbock, why should we count human interests more heavily than those of nonhuman animals?
5. According to Steinbock, how should we weight the interests of human beings who lack the capacities required for moral responsibility?
6. If, as Steinbock asserts, we are morally obliged to consider the interests of all sentient creatures, would doing so, as she says, "mean radical changes in our attitude toward and treatment of other species"?