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J. J. C. Smart on the Moral Status of Animals

Animal Ethics

It is a merit of utilitarianism, with its stress on happiness and unhappiness, that lower animals must be considered along with human beings, so that they are not debarred from full or direct consideration because they are not "rational."

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. KBJ: Nobody in the animal-rights or animal-liberation movement views intelligence as a morally significant property, at least intrinsically.

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