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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
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Brutal animal sports are banned because they harm the personality of the watcher [Scruton]
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4288
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Many breeds of animals have needs which our own ancestors planted in them [Scruton]
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Introducing a natural means of controlling animal population may not be very compassionate [Scruton]
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We favour our own animals over foreign ones because we see them as fellow citizens [Scruton]
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Animals command our sympathy and moral concern initially because of their intentionality [Scruton]
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Letting your dog kill wild rats, and keeping rats for your dog to kill, are very different [Scruton]
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Many of the stranger forms of life (e.g. worms) interest us only as a species, not as individuals [Scruton]
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4276
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An animal has individuality if it is nameable, and advanced animals can respond to their name [Scruton]
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I may avoid stepping on a spider or flower, but fellow-feeling makes me protect a rabbit [Scruton]
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Lucky animals are eaten by large predators, the less lucky starve, and worst is death by small predators [Scruton]
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We can easily remove the risk of suffering from an animal's life, but we shouldn't do it [Scruton]
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Sheep and cattle live comfortable lives, and die an enviably easy death [Scruton]
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4292
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Concern for one animal may harm the species, if the individual is part of a bigger problem [Scruton]
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4294
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Animals are outside the community of rights, but we still have duties towards them [Scruton]
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