Kant says "If a man shoots his dog because the animal is no longer capable of service, he does not fail in his duty to the dog … but his act is inhuman and damages in himself that humanity which it is his duty to show towards mankind. ... We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." (RT 190)

Kant’s view proves that the act of killing the dog is not morally wrong, in and of it self. Killing the dog is wrong because of the impact it has on the way we treat other humans. Kant views our treatment of animals as ref

I find Singer’s theory ludicrous. There is no way to realistically compare the suffering of humans to animals. How do we know that an animal suffers in the same way as a human. After all, I believe it is humans mental capacity that leads to the most suffering. When we are injured or dieing rationality leads us to the conclusion of death. When a pig is dieing does it know it’s dieing? Or does it just feel pain. I feel we suffer greater pain due to the knowledge of what’s to come.

torture animals because it can lead to the torture of humans. Trough CI #2 Kant grounds his theory by proving that animals are only means and never ends.

In RT 20 Kant explains “Why We Have No Obligations to Animals.” (RT 190) Kant says “Animal are not self-conscious and are there merely as a means to an end. That end is man.” Since animals are only means we have no direct moral obligation to animals. Kant says we do have an indirect moral duty to humans that governs the way we should treat animals. This indirect duty requires that we do not

Singer objects to Kant and would surely object to my views. In Singer’s view sentience is the criteria by which creatures are judged to be morally significant. Sentience is the ability to sense pain or pleasure. Since most creatures have sentience Singer argues non-human beings especially animals should be given equal consideration of equality. If they are capa

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