Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) on Duties to Animals
Animal Ethics
MARCH 5, 2011
[I]t is not quite clear whether we owe benevolence to men alone, or to other animals also. Intuitional moralists of repute have maintained this latter view: I think, however, that Common Sense is disposed to regard this as a hard-hearted paradox, and to hold with Bentham that the pain of animals is per se to be avoided.
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