On a Failed Defense of Factory Farming |
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Authors: | Stephen Puryear Stijn Bruers László Erdős |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies,North Carolina State University,Raleigh,USA;2.Department of Philosophy and Moral Science,Ghent University,Ghent,Belgium;3.MTA Centre for Ecological Research,Institute of Ecology and Botany,Vácrátót,Hungary |
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Abstract: | Timothy Hsiao attempts to defend industrial animal farming by arguing that it is not inherently cruel. We raise three main objections to his defense. First, his argument rests on a misunderstanding of the nature of cruelty. Second, his conclusion, though technically true, is so weak as to be of virtually no moral significance or interest. Third, his contention that animals lack moral standing, and thus that mistreating them is wrong only insofar as it makes one more disposed to mistreat other humans, is untenable on both philosophical and biological grounds. |
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