LAWS 3904 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sentience, Oxy-Fuel Welding And Cutting, Blow Torch

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Law
• Course: LAWS 3904
• Professor: Collin Fletcher

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Moral schizophrenia claim to take animals seriously; ignore these interests. **thesis = (cid:862)if (cid:449)e a(cid:396)e goi(cid:374)g to (cid:373)ake good o(cid:374) ou(cid:396) (cid:272)lai(cid:373) to take a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al i(cid:374)te(cid:396)ests se(cid:396)iousl(cid:455), the(cid:374) (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e (cid:374)o choice but to accord animals one right: the right not to be treated as ou(cid:396) p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1012)(cid:895) 17th c view that animals are nothing more than machines; descartes: animals are not conscious (i. e. of pain/pleasure) no verbal or sign language, crying dog = whining gear that needs oil. Senseless to talk about moral obligations to animals. Anglo-american law no statutory recognition of legal obligations to animals before 19th c. ; couched in human/property concerns. The humane treatment principle: a rejection of animals as things. **human treatment principle: b/c animals can suffer, humans have moral obligation not to cause such suffering. Bentham only capacity to suffer matters for animals to have moral & legal protection (not capacity for speech or reason) affected legal reformers.