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Animal Companions

Animal Ethics

Here are three paragraphs from a recent essay by Roger Scruton : As I suggested, science provides authority for this weird morality only when clothed in moral doctrine. They, unlike human beings, “return our affection regardless of our merits.” To live with a human being is hard; to live with a mere animal is easy.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

When I do cook it (which is maybe once every two weeks), I try to be a responsible as possible. Do you eat the human flesh served to you by your hosts? What if it's customary to allow guests to torture or kill one of the tribe? In other words, there are moral limits to science, as to law.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished.