Gardner Williams (1895-1972) on Wronging Animals
Animal Ethics
MARCH 3, 2008
The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. This cuts down on the long-range satisfactions of the cattle, the fish, and the fowl. The moral issue, when a man eats lamb chops, is not: Does he gain more value than the lambs have lost by dying so young?
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