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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Old-speciesists have a rights view of at least some humans but a utilitarian view of nonhumans (18). In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Still, with regard to human victims, the law doesn't accept the victimizer's enculturation as justification. Tags: Books Ethics Language.

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On "Evil"

Animal Person

In other words, the Law of Attraction tells them that if they start thinking about the "evil" in the world, they will bring evil to them. Are people who work in slaughterhouses and who vivisect their fellow sentient beings evil? Do you use the idea of "evil" in your thinking and processing of animal rights and veganism?

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John Passmore (1914-2004) on the History of Animal Cruelty

Animal Ethics

It should be observed, however, that if our analysis of the situation is correct, then this change in moral attitude resulted in a restriction of rights rather than an extension of them. The degree of restriction placed on human behavior, furthermore, is relatively slight.