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Gary Francione on Animal Abolitionism

2012/10/13
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How should we treat animals? Jeremy Bentham argued that we should weigh animal suffering in our moral decision making, and Peter Singer)'s concept of speciesism is a modern version of that utilitarian approach. Gary L. Francione) argues that philosophers like Peter Singer who focus on animal welfare have not gone far enough: what matters is that we shouldn't *use *animals at all. He calls his approach abolitionism). Philosophy Bites) is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy).