Do you agree or disagree with this Assistant Professor of Philosophy quoted today in the Chicago Sun-Times regarding the pet rescue situation in New Orleans and his overall comments of how people value pets more than . . . . people.
"What drives people to help animals in this situation is not the idea that they are helpless, and also not the idea that animals have rights. What motivates people is that animals suffer, and the fundamental moral principle to alleviate suffering applies to animals as well as human beings," said Jason Bridges, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago.
"I think there is a danger of devoting too many resources to animals," Bridges said.
"People do matter more. I read somewhere that more or the same amount of money is given to pet shelters as homeless shelters. There is definitely something disturbing about that, " he said.
There is also an interesting quote from Ghandi in this story:
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
http://www.suntimes.com/output/hurricane/c...etrescue08.html
Just stirring up trouble this morning.
Cowperson