Umm, probably not. If you specified what framework you subscribe to and what you think creates ethical obligations, I could probably answer specifically (but also wouldn’t have to, as you’d already know).
I know of no common ethical belief sets that mandate spending significant sums on animals, especially when the currency of such expenses (time or labor) could be spent on improving or extending human lives.
Just returning to this—Thank you for your comment. I think I need to do a bit more epistemological legwork before I can truly give you a response. Suffice it to say for now that I’m not really torn up about the issue and asked more out of boredom/general curiosity, but I see now that my question was asked lazily.
Perhaps one day soon I’ll comment on this with the relevant context/information.
Umm, probably not. If you specified what framework you subscribe to and what you think creates ethical obligations, I could probably answer specifically (but also wouldn’t have to, as you’d already know).
I know of no common ethical belief sets that mandate spending significant sums on animals, especially when the currency of such expenses (time or labor) could be spent on improving or extending human lives.
Just returning to this—Thank you for your comment. I think I need to do a bit more epistemological legwork before I can truly give you a response. Suffice it to say for now that I’m not really torn up about the issue and asked more out of boredom/general curiosity, but I see now that my question was asked lazily.
Perhaps one day soon I’ll comment on this with the relevant context/information.