PHI 1102 Lecture 17: Animal RIghts II - Frey
11 Jul 2016
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The unequal value thesis: animal lives have some value, not all animal life has the same value, human life has higher value than animal life, because it has greater potential or actual richness. Value of life is not equal between humans and animals but the badness of suffering is equal regardless of. All pleasures/pains are equal, and all units capable of experiencing pleasure/pain are equal. Qualitative utilitarianism (john stuart mill: it is better to be a human being dissatis ed than a pig being satis ed, better to be. Higher pleasures and those capable of them count more than lower pleasures and those only capable of lower pleasures. Singer is on bentham"s view and frey is with mill. Agency: humans can shape their lives and actions to t their own conceptions of a good life. Autonomy: humans are self-determining not just about what they do but what they.
