Saturday, September 10, 2011

It's speciesist to consider differently the interests of humans and animals. So I won't ask for ...

It’s speciesist to consider differently the interests of humans and animals. So I won’t ask for animals anything less than what I’d want for myself. We may refuse to help animals because we like to see them living and dying with no help from us. But let’s not deceive ourselves: it’s not what the animals would choose [...] Refusing to help them would thus be doing something in accordance to OUR preferences, not theirs. ~ Professor Oscar Horta



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