In Utilitarianism and Animals, philosopher Gaverick Matheny argues how utilitarianism is a rational and ethical theory, how utilitarianism involves the regards of factory-farmed animals in consideration with the natural universe, and how humans' current treatment of factory-farmed animals is chastised by utilitarianism; therefore concluding that the consumption of factory-farmed produce is not ethically acceptable. ... So why do the regards of animals bear the same burden as those of humans? ... It is possible that nonhumans do not encounter the stimulus with the similar potency that a h...

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