Korsgaard Believes We Cannot Get Animals Properly in View When

question 3

Multiple Choice

Korsgaard believes we cannot get animals properly in view when

• A) we try to judge their worth by the lights of morality.
• B) we use human standards to try to understand them.
• C) our perspective is colored by emotional attachments to particular animals.
• D) we try to imagine what it is like to be a nonhuman animal.

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Definitions:

Tumor Suppressor Genes

Genes that help regulate cell growth and division, and when mutated can lead to cancerous growths by failing to suppress tumor formation.

Cell Division

The process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells, critical for growth, repair, and reproduction in organisms.

Morphogen

Any chemical agent thought to govern the processes of cell differentiation and pattern formation that lead to morphogenesis.

Maternal Effect Genes

Genes whose expression in the mother's egg controls the phenotype of the offspring, regardless of the offspring's own genotype.