animals (12)

sentience: the capacity to have sense experiences including feelings of - or -

• most non human animals have this

pleasure, pain

Ethical issues arise around the use of animals for - and
-

food, experimentation

Many people are vegetarians or vegans because they think it is -
to eat animals and use animal products

immoral

Animals Kill Other Animals argument

1. if animals kill other animals, then its morally OK for - to kill animals

2. animals DO kill other animals

3. therefore, its morally OK for - to kill animals

ANALYSIS

• carnivores cant choose to each other animals, but - can

• we (do/do not) need to eat other animals to survive

• animals are not moral -, but we are

• most of the animals are eat (do/dont) kill other animals

humans, humans, we, do not, agents, dont

Power argument

1. if we are - enough to control an animals behavior and the conditions under which it lives, then we have a - to do that

2. we (are/arent) powerful enough to control animal behavior/conditons

3. therefore, we are morally - to control an animals behavior/conditions

ANALYSIS

• premise - can justify HORRIBLE human practices like slavery

• - doesnt make right

powerful, right, are, allowed, 1, might

Dependency argument

1. if animals - on humans for their existence, then humans have a right to treat them that best suits their -

2. - and - animals depend on humans to survive

3. therefore, humans have a right to treat them in a way that best suits their -

ANALYSIS

• human - depend on their parents to survive, doesnt mean parents can treat them however they want

depend, interests, farm, lab, interests, infants

Hypocricy argument

1. people who act in morally - ways are hypocrites and have flawed -

2. ethical vegetarians/veegans act in morally - ways

3. therefore, ethical vegetarians/vegans are -

ANALYSIS

• no proof that vegetarians/vegans are more - than anyone else

• this is a - - attack: which shows NOTHING about the morality of eating meat

inconsistent, characters, inconsistent, hypocrites, hypocritical, ad hominem

Emotional Attachment argument

1. if we feel greater emotion - to humans than non-humans, then we are morally allowed to - animals to promote human interest

2. we DO feel greater emotional attachment to fellow - beings than non-human beings

3. therefore, we (are/arent) morally allowed to harm animals to promote human interests

ANALYSIS

• our moral - to others DO NOT depend on how much we - about them

• example: racists may care more about their race, that doesnt lessen their moral obligations to other groups

attachment, harm, human, are, obligation, care

Rights argument

1. humans have moral rights

2. animals - moral rights

3. those with moral rights are morally permitted to treat beings without moral rights in whatever way they think is besst

4. therefore, humans are morally - to treat animals in any - we think is best

ANALYSIS

• moral rights require ability to

  • enter into reciprocal agreements

  • stand up for oneself

  • think about one’s future

  • conform to principles

• human - and severely intellectually disabled - these abilities

• yet, people (can/cannot) treat infants/disables in any way they want

lack, permitted, way, infants, lack, cannot

Argument from Marginal cases

1. if its immoral to - and - “marginal” humans and painfully experiment on them, then its - to treat nonhuman animals this way

2. its (almost) always immoral to kill/eat “-” human beings and to experiment on their

3. therefore its almost always immoral to treat - the same way

kill, eat, immoral, marginal, animals