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## Utilitarianism
- Perks
- Based on communal interests
- Focused on outcomes and consequences
- Problems
- Who defines well-being?
- Requires a ton of data
- Requires a lot of thinking
- Lack of absolutes (this could be a perk depending on your POV?)
- Noteworthy for including animals in its philosophy
- Animals are included because they can suffer
- Animals are not moral agents
## Animal Rights
- Why do we eat animals?
- They are part of the food chain (this would be a scientific response)
- You could also argue, however, that humans are outside of the food chain
- God says humans have dominion over animals (this would be a religious response)
- It is not necessary anymore with the rise of agriculture
- Arguments for human exceptionalism rely on the fact that humans are moral agents
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