ARBUS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mobro 4000, Jennifer Lawrence, Speciesism
20 Mar 2016
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The higher the being, the more morally important. What"s the difference between humans and animals: language, rational thought, self-awareness, trade, tool. Males females other races lgbt. We do not test on humans, we test on animals: we justify that by saying they are fundamentally different than humans. All humans are equal but not all humans are factually identical (ex. Animals are valuable because they make us money or because they are. 15 years of economic loss ( bil) for the gov"t to recycle. It is more expensive to recycle a bottle than it is to make a new one. Recycling aluminum cans is good, economic gain. Recycling plastic to make clothes is expensive, it"s cheaper to start from scratch. Recycling does not save trees, we have three times the number of trees now than we do in 1920s. Jay winston porter made up the recycling movement, made up the issue of less/full landfills.
