Health Sciences 2610F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Speciesism, Vegetarianism, Eating Animals
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Argues that some animals have a higher moral status than some humans. Our disregard for animal suffering is a deplorable moral blind spot. Aware enough to realize that they are the same being who lived previously and can expect to live into the future: new-born infants are not persons o o. Some non-human animals are persons e. g. , chimpanzee. Killing a human being that is not a person is not the same as killing a human being that is not a person. Major issue with animals and the way we treat them is the fact that they are capable of suffering. Utilitarian: maximizing the interests of beings o. In the long run you have done what"s best in the interest of and satisfied the preferences of all beings. Can make rough comparisons that make it pretty clear that we"re inflicting more suffering than is justified by the benefit we are getting out of it o.