Question
Jeremy Bentham claimed that we shouldn’t consider whether these beings can reason or talk, but should ask “can they suffer?” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these creatures whose “rights” are advocated for by PETA.
ANSWER: animals
[10h] This thinker who authored the essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” argued for vegetarianism in his book Animal Liberation. This Australian proponent of effective altruism popularized the word “speciesism.”
ANSWER: Peter Singer
[10m] Singer was a proponent of extending this philosophical school to all beings. Jeremy Bentham popularized the “fundamental axiom” of this school, whose modern form he is said to have founded.
ANSWER: utilitarianism
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick A | Mather A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Hastings A | moving finger C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Hunter B | Eastchester | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Mather B | moving finger B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| North Babylon A | Mather C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Stuyvesant A | Downingtown STEM | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| moving finger A | Hunter A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 86% | 0% |