John Passmore (1914-2004) on the Moral Status of Animals
Animal Ethics
MAY 25, 2008
In other words, what they hated—and by no means perversely—was the enjoyment of animal suffering; to the mere fact that the bears suffered as a consequence of human action they were indifferent. That, on the whole, is the Christian tradition. Controversies no doubt remain.
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