The Question of Animal Rights ? A Critique of Louis Pojman's Thoughts

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Philosophy

 

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Ruth L

 

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November 22, 2016

 

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University

 

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To suggest the possibility that our ethical rights could be transferable to non-human animals is a direct slap in the face to every philosopher that ever existed. According to Pojman, ethics include both theory and application. Yet non-human animals do not have the ability to comprehend such complex human theory, nor do they show evidence of applying such theories...
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Therefore, non-human animals should not be considered to be ethical beings equivalent to humans. There are those that propose such rationale is faulty if one takes into consideration the existence of humans who are also unable to grasp the complexity of ethical theories. However, although young children and mental retarded humans, for example, also lack the aptitude to understand the principles involved in such complicated issues, they are still under the protection of the parents or guardians responsible for them...
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