Suffering of animals

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A full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversable animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month old. But suppose the case were otherwise, what would it avail? The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

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Topic

Suffering of animals Man and animals

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London: T. Payne and Son, 1789, ch. 17.

Current Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. Utilitarianism and Other Essays. Penguin UK, 2004.