PHIL 2281 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: List Of The Land Before Time Characters, Counterexample, Meat Industry
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But it does not have to agree with the idea that animal suffering matters as much as the equivalent suffering as a person. Pigs have an average life span of 30-35 but are killed by 3. They are killed young because it is economically wasteful to invest resources in keeping them alive after they have reached their full size. Involves depriving animals of most of the life they might have otherwise. They are never the worse for being dead . Bentham believes that whatever the fundamental reason is for not killing persons does not apply to the killing of animals: temple grandin- doctrine of humane omnivorism manifests in her work. Has made great efforts to reform the practices of the meat industry so that animals in slaughterhouses can go peacefully and without fear. Using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we have to do it right.
