PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jeremy Bentham, Intellectual Disability, Veganism
6 Apr 2015
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Strongest arguments for this class, not necessarily point of view, but how you argue it and if the premises are strong. Invest emotional energy into an animal [like a cat or dog], even if you do not understand each other, there are certain lines you would draw [meaning you wouldn"t want anybody hurting them like to eat your dog] Dogs and cats show similar psychological traits of personhood, but that shows discrimination of animals. Arbitrary discrimination all of us are raised of the badness of discrimination, we understand it is wrong to judge a person based on race. : racists de-humanize people, saying they are more like animals. When we discriminate, we are saying that they triumphs other groups by excluding them. Biological differences = has no moral input [no less moral ability than any other person] Saying men are stronger than women is an injustice bc some women can be stronger than some men.
