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“The Case for Nonhuman Rights"

WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life

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The Moral Responsibility to Save a Fawn

In your book, you have a paradigmatic example. And that example is a fawn falling into a swimming pool. Could you tell us the problem and how you use it as a moral exemplar to pull the thread of the rest of the argument? Yeah, absolutely. I should say that this is adapted from a famous thought experiment from Peter Singer and his argument,. His article, Famine Affluence and Morality back from the 70s.

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