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Gardner Williams (1895-1972) on Wronging Animals

Animal Ethics

Anyone who loves little lambs in a personal way more than he loves lamb chops in a gustatory way ought to forego the latter delicacies. 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? But few people do this. And eating them will frustrate this love.

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