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Re: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?
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Date: 
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:27:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > 
> > That is *exactly* what we are doing when we say the lion is amoral.  We are
> > saying that our morals do not apply to it.
> 
> Uh, no, by the definitions you gave (and my understanding also) amoral does
> not specifically relate to _our_ (human) morals, but _any_ morals.

Yes, you're right.  My imprecision.  What I meant was: "We are saying that
morals do not apply to it."

Mea culpa, mea culpa.


James



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  Re: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?
 
(...) Uh, no, by the definitions you gave (and my understanding also) amoral does not specifically relate to _our_ (human) morals, but _any_ morals. (...) ROSCO (Never let it be said that *I* let this thread die!) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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