Life, death, and animals
E Johnson - Ethics and animals, 1983 - Springer
E Johnson
Ethics and animals, 1983•SpringerMill says that it is “better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied”(Mill, 1863). Is
it? How does Mill know that? Maclver says this (1948, p. 65): If I tread wantonly on a
woodlouse, I do wrong... But it is only a very small wrong, and to exaggerate its
wrongfulness is sentimentality... Little wrongs have to be done, in order that greater wrongs
may be avoided. If I kill a Colorado beetle, I do wrong by the beetle; but, if I fail to kill it, I do
wrong by all the growers and consumers of potatoes, and their interests are vastly more …
it? How does Mill know that? Maclver says this (1948, p. 65): If I tread wantonly on a
woodlouse, I do wrong... But it is only a very small wrong, and to exaggerate its
wrongfulness is sentimentality... Little wrongs have to be done, in order that greater wrongs
may be avoided. If I kill a Colorado beetle, I do wrong by the beetle; but, if I fail to kill it, I do
wrong by all the growers and consumers of potatoes, and their interests are vastly more …
Abstract
Mill says that it is “better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied” (Mill, 1863). Is it? How does Mill know that? Maclver says this (1948, p. 65):
If I tread wantonly on a woodlouse, I do wrong . . . But it is only a very small wrong, and to exaggerate its wrongfulness is sentimentality . . . Little wrongs have to be done, in order that greater wrongs may be avoided. If I kill a Colorado beetle, I do wrong by the beetle; but, if I fail to kill it, I do wrong by all the growers and consumers of potatoes, and their interests are vastly more important.
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