Animal Ethics
AUGUST 1, 2008
As omnivores, the population of human beings should, perhaps, be roughly twice that of bears, allowing for differences of size. Baird Callicott , "Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair," Environmental Ethics 2 [winter 1980]: 311-38, at 326 [ footnote omitted])
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
If some microorganisms must be killed in the process, this is unfortunate but necessary for human life. Why should microorganisms be sacrificed rather than humans? Why is human life more valued than the life of microorganisms? One might be inclined to say that human beings are more valuable because of their intelligence.
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