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'Reply to Fourth Objections', 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' and 'The Idea of Justice'
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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Capabilities are part of freedom, involving real opportunities [Sen]
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Freedom can involve capabilities, independence and non-interference [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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The need for equality among people arises from impartiality and objectivity [Sen]
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All modern theories of justice demand equality of something [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Freedom from torture or terrorist attacks is independent of citizenship [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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You don't need a complete theory of justice to see that slavery is wrong [Sen]
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Practical justice concerns not only ideals, but ways to achieve them [Sen]
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Our institutions should promote justice, rather than embodying it [Sen]
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We must focus on removing manifest injustice, not just try to design a perfect society [Sen]
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If justice needs public reasoning, which needs democracy, then justice and democracy are linked [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
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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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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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Concern for one animal may harm the species, if the individual is part of a bigger problem [Scruton]
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Animals are outside the community of rights, but we still have duties towards them [Scruton]
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Brutal animal sports are banned because they harm the personality of the watcher [Scruton]
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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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