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Re: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:29:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
Ah, so all morality is conceited? If not, please clarify.

Actually, I would have thought you agreed with this point.

I wasn't actually saying I do or don't-- I was just asking to try and probe
Scott a little further. Socratic method, I guess... I'm not really exploring
and/or defending my own standpoint with Scott yet-- I'm trying to figure out
where he stands. If I can, great, if not, oh well. But I guess what I'm
saying is that everything here is actually a question, geared to force a
decision in one direction or another. I'm not actually advocating either
direction. At least not yet.

DaveE



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  Re: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?
 
(...) I'm not sure what infering our morals on them really means, but I do agree that we are anthropocentric in our judgement of other critters. But I'm not sure a) that this is a bad thing, or b) that it is possible to get away from. How would we (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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