16.Foradevelopmentofthistheme,seemyessay,“Life’s
Uncertain Voyage,”inP.Pettit, R.Sylvan andJ.Norman,
eds.,Metaphysics andMorality (Oxford:Blackwell, 1987),
pp. 154–172.
17.Theprecedingdiscussion,whichhasbeenchangedonly
slightlysincethefirstedition,hasoftenbeenoverlookedby
criticsoftheAnimalLiberationmovement.It isa common
tactictoseek toridiculetheAnimalLiberationpositionby
maintainingthat,asan animalexperimenter putitrecently,
“Someofthesepeoplebelievethateveryinsect,everymouse,
hasasmuchrighttolifeasahuman.”(Dr.IrvingWeissman,
asquotedinKatherineBishop,“FromShoptoLabtoFarm,
AnimalRightsBattleisFelt,”TheNewYorkTimes,January
14,1989.)ItwouldbeinterestingtoseeDr.Weissmanname
some prominentAnimal Liberationistswhohold thisview.
Certainly(assumingonlythathewasreferringtotherightto
lifeofahumanbeingwithmentalcapacitiesverydifferent
fromthoseoftheinsectandthemouse)thepositiondescribed
isnotmine.Idoubtthatitisheldbymany—ifany—inthe
Animal Liberation movement.
Chapter 2
1.U.S.AirForce,SchoolofAerospaceMedicine,ReportNo.
USAFSAM-TR-82–24, August 1982.
2.U.S.AirForce,SchoolofAerospaceMedicine,ReportNo.
USAFSAM-TR-87–19, October 1987.
3.U.S. Air Force, Report No.USAFSAM-TR-87–19, p. 6