![]() ![]() It will, in part, take an approach recommended by Donald VanDeVeer to employ Rawl’s veil of ignorance to mask not only our natural and social starting places, but also our species-whether we are human or of another species. The second thought experiment is similar to the first, but more centrally emphasizes the idea of luck. Moreover, this thought experiment attempts to appeal primarily to our sense of justice by tapping into our emotions for ourselves rather than to the usual approach which appeals to our emotions for animals. ![]() Drawing on the latest scientific research on the abilities of animals, this thought experiment seeks to show that there are more relevant similarities between human beings and animals than most people realize, and that the differences between us and many other animals are not morally relevant. The first thought experiment involves aliens coming to earth and doing to us what we do to animals-eating us, confining us in farms and zoos, doing experiments on us, etc. This paper proposes two thought experiments to demonstrate that our current treatment of animals is immoral.
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