A Carnivore’s Credo
Natural/Evol.justification
but
Is what’s naturalnecessarily moral?
exceptions
Naturalfor man to
be aggressive
& violent
Natural
to discriminateagainst peoplenot of his kind
but
we condemn such behaviour
as immoral
Conditioned to
eat meat
but
Can conditioned
behaviour be moral?
exception
Morality involves
free choices & respons.
No free choice orresponsib. if your
actions areconditionedresponses.
Animals
=
different from
humans
unable
tothink
to
Communicate
tomake
decisions
but
are these morallyrelevant distinctions?
exceptions
What about thosehumans who don’t
possess these?
Child’n/disabled/
sick/injured
We still have moralrespons. for those whodon’t possess these
things
Frey
Pain a necessary
condition – a prerequisitefor having ints accordg
to Singer
but
need it be anecessarycondition?
Is it a sufficient
condition
rather than a
necessarycondition?
exception
e.g.moralrespons.
to protectenvironmt.
exception
i.e.
pain necessarilyinvolves moralrespons. – butwe still havemoral resp. for
things thatdon’t involve
pain
e.g. moral resp.not to drop
litter – toobey the law
pain
=
a sufficient
π
a necessary condu.
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