Tom Regan on Cruelty
Animal Ethics
JULY 8, 2012
Indeed, precisely because one expects indifference from animals but pity or mercy from human beings, people who are cruel by being insensitive to the suffering they cause often are called "animals" or "brutes," and their character or behavior, "brutal" or "inhuman." Both active and passive cruelty have fuzzy borders.
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