21. The Ascent of Apes — Broadening the Moral Community, by Bernard E. Rollin
our treatment of other animals. Perhaps the key
insight behind this change is the realisation that the
overwhelming majority of animal suffering at human hands is not
the result of cruelty, but
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22. Logic of the Larder, by Henry S. Salt
may say, can a few hours of suffering
be set in the balance against the enormous benefit of life? In
fact, if we once admit that it is an advantage to an animal
to be brought into the world, there is
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23. All Beings that Feel Pain Deserve Human Rights, by Richard Ryder
we have known we are human animals related to all the other animals through evolution; how, then, can we justify our almost total oppression of all the other species? All animal species can suffer pain and distress. animals scream and writhe like
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24. Contextual Moral Vegetarianism, by Deane Curtin
needless
suffering wherever possible, and particularly the suffering of
those whose suffering is conceptually connected to one's own. It
should not be understood as an injunction that includes the
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25. Animal Rights, Endangered Species and Human Survival, by Lewis Regenstein
a
fact that animal protection advocates should never cease to
stress.
Few conservationists and
animal rights advocates need to be convinced that an animal
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26. The Pretext of "Necessary Suffering", by Stephen R. L. Clark
Pretext of "Necessary Suffering"
by Stephen R. L. Clark
Excerpted from The Moral Status of Animals . Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977, pp. 42-45, 46-47.
Acrobat version
Let us admit, then, that
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27. Carnivorous Callousness, by David Hartley
engage them in destroying animal life, as well
as from the uneasiness which others feel in beholding the butchery
of animals. It is most evident, in respect of the larger animals,
and those with whom
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28. Animal Rights in the Political Arena, by Clive Hollands
Neither is animal welfare
being an animal lover. Britain is called the 'animal-loving'
country of the world, with an estimated 20 million household pets,
the majority owned by so-called
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29. Speciesism in the Laboratory, by Richard Ryder
committees on which lay, animal welfare, animal care (veterinary)
and scientific interests are represented. The requirement to use
alternative (non-animal) techniques (or lower organisms) wherever
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