W. V. Quine (1908-2000) on Altruism
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Is it to extend, in some degree, to the interests of individuals belonging to other species than [our] own? 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? One thinks also of unborn generations.
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