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Personal Ethics
Societal Ethics
Professional Ethics |
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| Moral Standing of Animals |
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No moral Status
Instrumental Value
Intrinsic Value |
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| No Moral Status of Animals |
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| no duty towards them as morals only apply to humans |
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| Instrumental Value of Animals |
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Definition
| indirect duties, values arise through value to humans |
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| Intrinsic Value of Animals |
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| Direct duties to animals because they have the capacity to feel |
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| 2 Strategies Defending Sentience of Animals |
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Definition
Inferential (from behavioural/neurological similarity)
Non-Inferential (knowledge of consciousness from interactions) |
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| 2 Strategies Defending NON Sentience of Animals |
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Definition
Behavioural Comparison
Higher order definition of consciousness |
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| a hierarchy of animals, a moral ordering based on societal traditions and prejudices |
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Contractarianism (every decision based on self-interest)
Utilitarianism (increase happiness by decrease suffering)
Deontology (unacceptable to treat a sentient being as a means to complete a goal) |
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