1. According to Sober, environmentalists have a problem. What is it?
2. "Widening the ethical circle" according to Sober means including less organisms whose costs and benefits we compare.
3. Is Sober making an argument that species have mental states?
4. Does he believe that every species is crucial to a balanced eco-system?
5. Does Sober believes that each extinction matters only "a little?"
6. Do you think that Sober takes the environmentalists to be using the slippery slope argument?
7. According to Sober, do environmentalists and animal liberationists differ with respect to wild and domesticated animals?
8. Do environmentalists favor domesticated animals?
9. Do you think that if a whale is listed as "in danger of extinction" it should count more than another which is not? If so why?
10. What is a slippery slope argument?
11. Do you find any relevant differences between aesthetic and environmental values?
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