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Here is a list of the terms and definitions on each card.
Card 1:
Term: Moral standing
Definition: Entities to which we can owe moral obligations have this ethical property.
Card 2:
Term: Anthropocentric ethical judgment
Definition: This type of ethical judgment takes into account only moral obligations to human beings.
Card 3:
Term: Zoocentric ethical judgment
Definition: This type of ethical judgment presupposes that we owe moral obligations to all animals.
Card 4:
Term: Biocentric ethical judgment
Definition: This type of ethical judgment presupposes that we owe moral obligations to all living things.
Card 5:
Term: Nonanthropocentric ethical judgment
Definition: This type of ethical judgment presupposes that we owe moral obligations to non-human entities.
Card 6:
Term: Ecocentric ethical judgment
Definition: This type of ethical judgment presupposes that we owe moral obligations to ecosystems.
Card 7:
Term: Individualistic view of moral standing
Definition: This view of moral standing presupposes that we can owe moral obligations only to particular entities.
Card 8:
Term: Holistic view of moral standing
Definition: This view of moral standing presupposes that we can owe moral obligations to structured collections of particular entities.
Card 9:
Term: Direct duty
Definition: This type of duty is owed to non-human entities.
Card 10:
Term: Indirect duty
Definition: This type of duty is owed to human beings regarding non-human entities.
Card 11:
Term: Intrinsic value
Definition: States of affairs that have value for their own sake have this type of value.
Card 12:
Term: Instrumental value
Definition: States of affairs that have value because they produce other valuable states of affairs have this type of value.
Card 13:
Term: Anthropogenic
Definition: These environmental problems have human causes.
Card 14:
Term: Anthropomorphic
Definition: This type of reasoning attributes human behavior to non-human entities.