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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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