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The Elephant in the Courtroom
‘Were there a species of creatures intermingled with men, which
though rational, were possessed of such inferior strength, both of body
and mind, that they were incapable of all resistance, and could never,
upon the highest provocation, make us feel the effects of their
resentment; the necessary consequence, I think, is that we should be
bound by the la
... See morethe question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?... The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes... "
Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832)
Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832)
Jeremy Bentham on the suffering of non-human animals
Many people knew this before, but the last three years have hammered home the fact that we cannot protect things that we don’t empathize with. If we don’t care about the value of other lives, whether human or animal, then we won’t be motivated to protect those lives.