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Ideas for '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
20995 Capabilities are part of freedom, involving real opportunities [Sen]
20998 Freedom can involve capabilities, independence and non-interference [Sen]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
20997 The need for equality among people arises from impartiality and objectivity [Sen]
20996 All modern theories of justice demand equality of something [Sen]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
20988 Freedom from torture or terrorist attacks is independent of citizenship [Sen]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
20980 You don't need a complete theory of justice to see that slavery is wrong [Sen]
20978 Practical justice concerns not only ideals, but ways to achieve them [Sen]
20985 Our institutions should promote justice, rather than embodying it [Sen]
20994 We must focus on removing manifest injustice, not just try to design a perfect society [Sen]
21000 If justice needs public reasoning, which needs democracy, then justice and democracy are linked [Sen]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
4295 We favour our own animals over foreign ones because we see them as fellow citizens [Scruton]
4268 Animals command our sympathy and moral concern initially because of their intentionality [Scruton]
4291 Letting your dog kill wild rats, and keeping rats for your dog to kill, are very different [Scruton]
4263 Many of the stranger forms of life (e.g. worms) interest us only as a species, not as individuals [Scruton]
4276 An animal has individuality if it is nameable, and advanced animals can respond to their name [Scruton]
4277 I may avoid stepping on a spider or flower, but fellow-feeling makes me protect a rabbit [Scruton]
4278 Lucky animals are eaten by large predators, the less lucky starve, and worst is death by small predators [Scruton]
4279 We can easily remove the risk of suffering from an animal's life, but we shouldn't do it [Scruton]
4289 Sheep and cattle live comfortable lives, and die an enviably easy death [Scruton]
4292 Concern for one animal may harm the species, if the individual is part of a bigger problem [Scruton]
4294 Animals are outside the community of rights, but we still have duties towards them [Scruton]
4296 Brutal animal sports are banned because they harm the personality of the watcher [Scruton]
4288 Many breeds of animals have needs which our own ancestors planted in them [Scruton]
4293 Introducing a natural means of controlling animal population may not be very compassionate [Scruton]