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1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology

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“Can They Suffer?”: Bentham on our Obligations to Animals

A woman scratching a pig under the chin.
18 March 202224 January 2023 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 9 Comments

An overview of Jeremy Bentham's ethical views on animal rights, including the famous quote “the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?”

Theories of Moral Considerability: Who and What Matters Morally?

Armed game wardens watch over an endangered northern white rhino at a nature conservancy in Kenya.
1 January 202218 June 2022 ~ 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology ~ 8 Comments

An introduction to theories of moral considerability, moral status or moral standing, which is about the question of who and what matters morally.

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