Samuel Kaldas compares two views on the nature of animals and their implications for our moral responsibility towards them.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/108/De ... of_Animals
Descartes versus Cudworth On The Moral Worth of Animals
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Re: Descartes versus Cudworth On The Moral Worth of Animals
There is stupidity, then there is hypocrisy.
"Back in March 2008 the collective rage of the internet was roused against a U.S. Marine who was filmed throwing a puppy over a cliff. The grainy footage posted on YouTube showed the soldier holding the small black and white puppy by the scruff of the neck and remarking how cute it is before violently flinging it over the edge. Naturally enough, the public was outraged, and the Marine in question was discharged."
Strange the soldiers can get praised for the torture and humiliation of innocent people, and awarded medals for killing children with bombs, yet a discharge follows the killing of a puppy.
Personally I'd discharge the whole armed forces until the country can learn to use its might for defence and not for the furtherance of quasi-imperialist interests.
"Back in March 2008 the collective rage of the internet was roused against a U.S. Marine who was filmed throwing a puppy over a cliff. The grainy footage posted on YouTube showed the soldier holding the small black and white puppy by the scruff of the neck and remarking how cute it is before violently flinging it over the edge. Naturally enough, the public was outraged, and the Marine in question was discharged."
Strange the soldiers can get praised for the torture and humiliation of innocent people, and awarded medals for killing children with bombs, yet a discharge follows the killing of a puppy.
Personally I'd discharge the whole armed forces until the country can learn to use its might for defence and not for the furtherance of quasi-imperialist interests.