Of Mice and Men: Equality and Animals
@article{Vallentyne2005OfMA, title={Of Mice and Men: Equality and Animals}, author={Peter Vallentyne}, journal={The Journal of Ethics}, year={2005}, volume={9}, pages={403-433} }
Can material Egalitarianism (requiring, for example, the significant promotion of fortune) include animals in the domain of the equality requirement? The problem can be illustrated as follows: If equality of wellbeing is what matters, and normal mice are included in this egalitarian requirement, then normal mice have a much stronger claim to resources than almost any human. This is because normal mice have a much stronger claim to resources than almost any human. This is because their wellbeing… CONTINUE READING
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