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

Animal Ethics

But they now turn around the question what is to count as "making animals suffer unnecessarily," whether, for example, vivisection or fox-hunting are, in these terms, morally justifiable.

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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. Man-hunting is ruled out as a sport but not, at least with the same degree of unanimity, fox or bird hunting.