Sam Ben-Meir: Are animals inherently our moral equals?

SAM BEN-MEIR: ‘In standard rationalistic approaches to animal ethics (often employed by animal rights and welfare advocates), moral consideration is incrementally extended out from an established human ‘moral club’ to grant moral status to ‘others’… I suggest that we should question the presupposition that humans can and should attempt to define criteria for the moral … Continue reading Sam Ben-Meir: Are animals inherently our moral equals?