PHIL 1413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Ad Hominem, Sentience, Speciesism
2 Dec 2016
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Recall singer and the idea of giving equal consideration to animals as to humans. Take into consideration an animals well-being when considering how you behave, moral rules are still operative although they may not be human animals. Singers criteria for where to draw the line of consideration for objects is based on sentience. Sentience is the ability to enjoy pleasure and feel pain. (for example, we should not extend our consideration towards rocks, and can continue to kick rocks because they do not possess sentience. ) The case for animal rights carl cohen. Cohe(cid:374)"s argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: (cid:862)using animals as research subject in medical investigations is widely condemned on two grounds: first because it wrongly violates the rights of animals, and second, because it wrongly imposes on sentient creatures much avoidable suffering. The first relies on a mistaken understanding of rights; the second relies on a mistaken calculation of consequences. (cid:863)
