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W. V. Quine (1908-2000) on Altruism

Animal Ethics

As regards capricious killing, one hopes so; but what of vivisection, and of the eating of red meat? Is love to diminish inversely as the square of the distance? Is it to extend, in some degree, to the interests of individuals belonging to other species than [our] own? One thinks also of unborn generations.

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