PHIL 1104 Lecture 9: (HONORS) Animals
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P1: if it"s wrong to torture puppies for gustatory pleasure, it"s wrong to support factory farming. P2: it is wrong to torture puppies for gustatory pleasure. C: therefore it"s wrong to support factory farming. Some people might be tempted to make this argument instead: P1: if it"s wrong to torture puppies for gustatory pleasure, then it"s wrong to support factory farming. P2: it"s not wrong to support factory farming. C: therefore it"s not wrong to torture puppies for gustatory pleasure. Most people believe in equality as a basic moral principle: all people should have their interests considered equally to those of others. Liberation movements try to expand our moral horizons, to extend and re-interpret this basic principle of equality and thus force a change in our most fundamental attitudes. 32 million cows and 121 million pigs were slaughtered in the usa in 2017 (usda) 9 billion chickens were slaughtered in the usa in 2017 (usda)
