Animal Welfare Flashcards
“everyone is equal”
Descriptions/prescription
Not a description of factual equality
Is a PRESCRIPTION of moral equality (behavior)
Not about what you are ding or what you will do, it is about what you SHOULD do
Recommendation -how you SHOULD be treated
What is an interest?
Moral standing
Sentience
Sentience
Having sensations pain and pleasure
“Pain is pain”
Unhappiness/happiness
Speciesism
All (including animals) who have interests are sentiments
Principle of equality
Protections and benefits
Important we know who is in the “sphere” to do right
Objections of animal welfare: painless objection
Animals are not sentient
Animals do not feel pain, so they don’t count
How are animals sentient?
Animals are sentient
They experience psychological emotions
They have CNS (central nervous system)
Counter intuitive results objection of animal welfare
All animals are equal
Prescription on how others should be treated
Counter-intuitive belief
Consistent with moral intuitions
(beliefs and commitments)
We don’t accept either!
Life boat case
Test our own moral belief and commitment
Equality
Everyone is equal
What is the equality represented in the principle?
This principle is FALSE
We are NOT all equally intelligent/motivated
Animal ethics
Right and wrong concerning animals
Welfare and rights
Racism and sexism problem asks
Should someone happiness have priority over someone else’s?
