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| Animals: Animals are subjects of moral consideration, prompting debates on ethics, consciousness, and our responsibilities towards non-human beings in philosophical discourse. They challenge notions of personhood and the nature of sentience._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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J. Bentham on Animals - Dictionary of Arguments
Singer I 49/50 Animals/Ethics/Bentham: A grown-up horse is more rational than a one-month-old child. But the question is not whether animals can think, but whether they can suffer.(1) >Animals, >Suffering, >Animal language, >Rationality, >Thinking. 1-J. Bentham, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), chap. XVIII, sec 1, FN._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Benth I J. Bentham An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Mineola, NY 2007 SingerP I Peter Singer Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011 SingerP II P. Singer The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16