PHILOS 5 Lecture : Lec 10.docx
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Animals and the harm principles: harm principle says that a society may infringe on personal liberties in order to prevent harm to others , but it is unclear whether harm to animals count or not. If the government were allowed to restrict liberties to prevent animal harm, then it could potentially outlaw fishing& sport hunting, which seems like taking the. Harm principle too far: many people believe that these choices of an individual should be allowed to make herself. If the harm principle protects against animal harms, if might give the government excessive power. In reality, it turns out that most government regulations of cafos have very little to do with animal welfare: cafos are governed by the epa, whose primary concern is the environment. 2013: environmental concerns, the annual production of manure produced by animal confinement facilities exceeds that produced by humans by at least three times (epa.
