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Animals (humans) took other animals that look different and speek differently and made them slaves, so is it right to take an animal, say a dog, into your house when it is just another animal that looks different and speeks a different language?

November 22, 2005

Response from Oliver Leaman on November 28, 2005
I don't know that a pet is a slave. It could be, but it could also be a friend, companion, and so on. We no longer allow people to own people, but we do allow them to own animals, and this is presumably evidence of what we think is a basic difference between people and animals. That is presumably why cannibalism is thought to be wrong while eating animals is not.

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