Question

Which of the following statements represents a speciesist form of reasoning?

Group of answer choices:

Human suffering should be avoided but it might be permissible to perform a harmful medical experiment on a human being, if it meant the possibility of developing a life-saving drug.

Suffering is bad, but it is permissible to cause suffering to a human or animal if the gains from doing so were considerable – for example, in a medical treatment to develop a life-saving drug.

It is morally acceptable to ignore animal suffering in order to satisfy our taste for meat.

Animals suffer when we eat them and it is not permissible to cause suffering to an animal for a minimal gain, such as pleasure at the taste of eating meat.

Answer 1

Answer:-

The second sentence which states that "It is morally acceptable to ignore animal suffering in order to satisfy our taste of meat" represents a speciesist form of reasoning