John Passmore (1914-2004) on Animal Suffering
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 24, 2008
To suppose that animals could feel would be to suggest that there could be pain and suffering where there has been no sin. For animals did not eat of the Forbidden Tree. " (The Stoic Chrysippus, it is worth noting, had also suggested that animals do not feel but only "as it were" feel.)
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