animal rights is an issue in which i have no interest, and i therefore feel
i'm unqualified to pronounce upon it.


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> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 05:57:51 GMT, "misanthrope"
> wrote:
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> > wrote in message
> .. .
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> >> Well, if instead of discussing the topic you simply complain about
> >> it being brought up, that *could* have a negative influence as well,
> >> imo.
> >
> >that would be valid point in the case of valid topics, but it's not valid
> >for posts that contain nothing more than back-biting garbage.
>
> Some farm animals benefit from farming and some do not.
> The so called "Animal Rights" people believe that no farm
> animals benefit from farming, which is absurd. Maybe you
> don't think human influence on animals has anything to
> do with philosophy, but I feel sure some philosophers have
> discussed it.
> The "ARAs" in their desperation have decided to
> promote the idea that life has never been a benefit to
> anything. But life is the benefit which allows zygotes to
> grow into animals, so every animal has benefitted from
> life in at least that way. Life is the benefit which makes
> all others possible.
> Life itself and the individual lives of animals are completely
> different things, and just because life itself is a benefit it
> doesn't mean that all of the things experienced in the life
> of a being are a benefit to the being.
> When I post things to the philosophy group I'm hoping
> that you guys would have covered all that sort of thing
> and could add something interesting that we have not
> already been over. Even though you apparently don't
> want to discuss it, I still believe such topics are not
> inappropriate for philosophers to discuss.
>
>
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...osophy&x=0&y=0
>
> Main Entry: phi·los·o·phy
> Pronunciation: f&-'lä-s(&-)fE
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural -phies
> Etymology: Middle English philosophie, from Old French, from
> Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher
> [...]
> 2 a : pursuit of wisdom b : a search for a general understanding
> of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational
> means c : an analysis of the grounds of and concepts expressing
> fundamental beliefs
> 3 a : a system of philosophical concepts b : a theory underlying or
> regarding a sphere of activity or thought <the philosophy of war>
> <philosophy of science>
> 4 a : the most general beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual
> or group