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Questions

1) Singer, "All Animals are Equal" What is Peter Singer's statement of the principle of equality? How does he argue for it?

2) David Schmidtz, "Are All Species Equal?" What view is Schmidtz arguing against and what major points does Schmidtz bring against it? Also, what does he offer in its place?

3) Christopher Stone, "Should Trees Have Standing?" How does Christopher Stone propose that legal rights for natural objects would be enacted and enforced - how would it work?

4) Warren, "The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism," What kind of thinking does Karen Warren see as behind both human subjugation of nature and male subjugation of women? How does she see this as giving rise to a unified activist project?

5) Jamieson, Reason in a Dark Time (excerpts) According to Jamieson, what are two reasons why climate change presents a major problem for our common sense moral thinking? Explain briefly.

6) Shue, "Global Environment and International Inequality" Explain one of Shue's three fairness-based arguments for his stated conclusion.

7) Leopold, "The Land Ethic," What principle does Aldo Leopold advocate for how we deal with nature and the land, and how does he think it should be applied?

8) Guha, "Deep Ecology Revisited" What does Ramachandra Guha think is wrong with the way the deep ecology movement sees wilderness preservation as the leading environmental issue?

9) Marshall, Don't Even Think About It (excerpts) What kinds of recommendations does Marshall make regarding how we should approach and talk about climate change? Describe some specific points.

10) Nordgren, "Ethical Issues in Mitigation of Climate Change: The Option of Reduced Meat Production and Consumption" What is Nordgren's proposal concerning livestock and GHG mitigation and how does he defend it?