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1. Neil McPherson Society & Human/Nonhuman Animal Relations (SOCY10015) Lecture 3: The philosophical separation of 'Man' and 'Beast ’ : considering the historical construction of the moral status of the nonhuman animal Lecturer: NEIL McPHERSON Room: A820 Phone: x8479 Email: [email_address] Aristotle Descartes Hume Kant Bentham
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10. Neil McPherson Descartes Nonhuman animal as bête-machine devoid of soul, of language and reason, reactive only to external stimuli and instinct no comprehension of its existence An unconscious, automaton, a clockwork entity body which man could freely dismember and excavate through the unrestricted processes of vivisection.
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18. Neil McPherson Hume Nonhuman animals as rational beings ‘ Vulgar ’ and ‘ sagacious ’ actions Naturalistic approach – relocation of man in hierarchy of God & nature Causal reason & moral agency – suggests differences in kind However, does not consider the nonhuman animal as having moral sense or capacity for judgment (see Beauchamp 1999) Nonhuman animal not seen as having direct moral status, but moral consideration suggested
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26. Neil McPherson Kant Nonhuman animals are not rational or self conscious Human ’ s have moral duties towards animals but these are indirect Mistreatment of nonhuman animals brutalises humans However, as means to the end of Man, the nonhuman animal, as an instrument for human development, can and should be used towards the end of man where necessary Forms the philosophical basis for animal rights discourse
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28. Neil McPherson Bentham Pleasure & pain Greatest good for the greatest number The hedonic calculus - intensity, duration, certainty, propinquity, fecundity, purity, extent Sentience not consciousness or rationality
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32. Neil McPherson Bentham Utilitarianism – consequences of actions Sentience rather than consciousness or rationality Nonhuman animal emerges as being possessed of direct moral status However, the concept of pleasure/good is malleable and human satisfaction can be used as justification for human use of nonhuman animals Forms the philosophical basis for animal welfare discourse
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