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Sa conclusion fut la suivante: le but ultime de toute législation était le bien du peuple; plus il y a de bien, mieux c’est. Bentham était le père de l’utilitarisme, la doctrine selon laquelle, dans toute prise de décision (légale et personnelle), le but poursuivi devrait être le bénéfice total (utilité) maximum, peu importe l’identité des
... See moreJonathan Haidt • L'hypothèse du bonheur: La redécouverte de la sagesse ancienne dans la science contemporaine (PSY. Individus, groupes, cultures) (French Edition)
for the last 60~ years, a team of Russian scientists located at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Siberia have been running an experiment to domesticate foxes, specifically the wild red fox. at each generation of foxes, they picked the top 10% calmest, most pro-social ones to breed, the rest were discarded. over dozens of... See more
owlx.comAbolition is an interesting concept. It seems very nonobvious to me that wild animals have higher welfare lives than domesticated animals. J: And I would say that many people would disagree with you directly
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Jeremy Bentham who described natural law as, amongst other things, ‘a mere work of the fancy’
Raymond Wacks • Philosophy of Law
Bentham did not flinch from the notion that he was assigning a new status to moral rules and giving a new meaning to key moral concepts.
Alasdair MacIntyre • After Virtue
But let’s talk about at least three ways we can conceive of animal welfare. One is a net balance of positive to negative feelings. A second way of thinking about it is whether animals are performing natural behaviors. The third way is thinking about biological functioning, or just having good health.
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Bentham. In the case of the latter, his rejection is based on the view that law is more than the decree of a gunman: a command backed by a sanction.
Raymond Wacks • Philosophy of Law
Meet Congressman Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan.
Thanedar, born in India, is leading the charge to impeach President Donald Trump.
In 2018, it was reported that Thanedar was caught owning a New Jersey lab running "tests" on animals.
Over 100 "dogs and monkeys" were... See more