Study Guide:
Peter Singer - All Animals are Equal

1. What is the basic principle of equality, according to Singer, and what does it entail?
2. When we say that all human beings are equal, what do we mean? What does Singer think?
3. What characteristic does Bentham point to that gives a being the right to equal consideration of its interests?
4. What does Singer think of personhood theories like Warren's that would make moral consideration depend upon having some degree of intelligence or rationality?
5. What does singer think about humans eating other animals?
6. What is Singer's view of the debate on vivisection?
7. What does Singer say about the potential personhood that infants possess?
8. Why does William Frankena think all humans are to be treated as equals? What is Singer's view of Frankena's position?
9. For Singer, what relevance do the permanently retarded have to the animal rights debate?
10. What is Singer's point in asking us to re-read Stanley Benn's argument with racial terminology?