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Philip E. Devine on the Overflow Principle

Animal Ethics

Yet another application is that members of the human species who are not persons, even by virtue of their potentiality, still ought to be treated, in some respects at least, as if they were persons. Thus the ethics proposed here is anthropocentric (or person-centred) though only mildly so. But I see no reason to admit this premise.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals suffer when killed. It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse? No pearly phrases can make that any better. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y.,