Respecting Animals in Order to Respect People

Human intelligence has two facets: a quantitative facet, stemming from the extreme complexity of the human brain, and a more qualitative facet, linked to the plastic and juvenile nature of the brain. The latter is what allows us to switch so easily between good and evil, thus making education a nece...

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Autor principal:	Georges Chapouthier
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2020
Materias:	animal brain intelligence morality suffering. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a8386040b8584a1f947fb8c20ef253322021-11-27T08:41:43ZRespecting Animals in Order to Respect People10.5565/rev/da.5082462-7518https://doaj.org/article/a8386040b8584a1f947fb8c20ef253322020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/508https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518Human intelligence has two facets: a quantitative facet, stemming from the extreme complexity of the human brain, and a more qualitative facet, linked to the plastic and juvenile nature of the brain. The latter is what allows us to switch so easily between good and evil, thus making education a necessity for maintaining morality in such a mercurial species. However, in order to achieve its ends, education cannot be satisfied with appealing to imperatives that concern only human beings. To achieve a better morality, we must also know how to respect other sentient beings, i.e. animals. Learning to respect someone weaker than oneself is the first step in showing respect. One must therefore learn to respect animals in order ultimately to respect humans.Georges ChapouthierUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dretarticleanimalbrainintelligencemoralitysuffering.Animal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 11, Iss 3 (2020)
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description	Human intelligence has two facets: a quantitative facet, stemming from the extreme complexity of the human brain, and a more qualitative facet, linked to the plastic and juvenile nature of the brain. The latter is what allows us to switch so easily between good and evil, thus making education a necessity for maintaining morality in such a mercurial species. However, in order to achieve its ends, education cannot be satisfied with appealing to imperatives that concern only human beings. To achieve a better morality, we must also know how to respect other sentient beings, i.e. animals. Learning to respect someone weaker than oneself is the first step in showing respect. One must therefore learn to respect animals in order ultimately to respect humans.
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Respecting Animals in Order to Respect People

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