In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals [Human–Animal Studies] Part 6 pps

... in every other living being, and to see every other living being in themselves. Inasmuch as Indians see God in humanity, they must also find the divine in anymals. “Hindu belief in the cycle of ... saints such as Therese of Lisieux and Julian of Norwich. Therese of Lisieux saw the special place of the large and small, including the seemingly insignificant and commonp...

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... pos- sibilities embedded in Singer’s replaceability argument. These surprising outcomes appear to stem from errors in Singer’s reasoning. In “Killing Humans and Killing Animals Singer exam- ines two utilitarian ... view” indicates that ethical actions will always “increase the total surplus of pleasure over pain, irrespective of whether this is done by increasing the pleasure of...

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... Rights View 1. Equal inherent value 60 2. Welfare 61 3. Moral standing 64 4. Respect Principle 65 5. Harm Principle 66 6. Overriding rights 66 Summary 68 B. Discussion 68 1. Methods 68 2. Central concepts ... virtues 142 6. Speciesism 143 Conclusion 144 PREFACE In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals examines the discrepancy in applied ethics between...

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... outside of this position of bias—it is inherent. However, in the interest of promoting justice, we must strive to be impartial in spite of our vested interests and personal connections. Since we ... to investigating rights in the hope of understanding— and being able to explain—why it was morally unacceptable to draft young men to fight in Viet Nam. He wondered about the...

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... Community of Life; the view of nature as a system of interdependence of which we, along with all other living things, are integral parts; and our aware- ness of the reality of the lives of individual ... “The principle of respect for persons is built into the very structure of the moral com- munity and serves as the ultimate ground of the rules of duty within the dom...

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... day) animals, including man and woman: And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it ... interests of human beings (Routley 56) . From the standpoint of dominion, we “see with arrogant eyes” a world in which everything is organized in reference to our interes...

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... containing the life and words of Mohammed teach against using the skins of wild animals, against target practice on living creatures, and against inciting animals to fight for human entertainment. A well-known ... all parts of this great cosmos, inter- act and participate in what the Chinese view as a spontaneous self- generating process of life (Tu 67 ). Everything that ex...

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... with this in mind. Yet “hunting is considered to be the main factor in the extinction threat of 28% of bird species and 29% of mammal species. The objectives of hunting are varied, and include ... determinants of moral standing such as “having an interest” and “sentience.” Recall Regan’s clarification of two distinctive types of “interest,” active and passive, such th...

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... captive breeding, a long-stand- ing ethic of minimizing interference and minimizing harm would likely have assured the continuance of the Maori as well as that of endangered and extinct species. Where ... that mistreatment of animals is a standard part of training and is thought to be a “necessary” part of exhibiting them. I have seen chimps locked in small cages con...

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... M., 32 harm, 62 , 66 harmony, 3 36, 340 in Christianity, 241, 269 in indigenous cultures, 292 in Islam, 355 Hawaiian Islands, 145, 1 46 Hawaiian pigs, 1 46, 147 heart disease, diet and, 466 Hebrew Scriptures, ... nothing, anencephalic infants and innumerable brain-dead patients, while each day, for want of food and medicine, human beings who can feel and think and functi...

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