Abstract
This article explores the natural and cultural limits on human kindness towards strangers and non-human animals. I suggest that humans have a deep natural capacity for kindness. However, the duties imposed by this capacity are highly demanding, so we use techniques of ethical avoidance to limit our responsibilities. These techniques play a central role in enabling humans to avoid confronting the suffering caused by practices such as factory farming.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 14-17 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Alternative Law Journal |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2017 |