Philosophy 1305F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Categorical Imperative, Dont, Veal
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Its about suffering can they suffer? (bentham) Human: baby or mentally challenged could not experience this in which an adult would. On grounds of consistency if you"re not going to test on a child, you should not test on an animal. There is no argument for this: you shouldn"t test on animals at all if you"re not willing to test on mentally challenged children. We should test on animals because if we don"t, we will bring an enormous disutility to human kind. Both singer and regan are trying to liberate animals. Doesn"t like hunting and trapping for a commercial purpose (believes in aboriginals as it is the way of life) Begin at the utilitarian view at the face value of an individual. The reason i shouldn"t kick your dog is if i do so, i am violating your property rights. If you harm the dog, you are violating the person who owns it (there property)