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John Passmore (1914-2004) on the Moral Status of Animals

Animal Ethics

"The Puritan," Macaulay once wrote with condemnatory intent, "hated bear-baiting , not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." That, on the whole, is the Christian tradition. Controversies no doubt remain.

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