Ethics of Animal Treatment – C. S. Lewis on Power and Morality

„If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.“

Clive Staples LewisC. S. Lewis criticizes the logic of power relationships in ethics. His argument reveals the absurdity of purely utilitarian morality.
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Clive Staples Lewis was an Irish writer and literary scholar. He taught at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

Lewis argues against utilitarianism and social Darwinism by reducing their logic to absurdity. The quotation illustrates the ethical contradictions of purely power-based morality.


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Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was an Anglo-Irish writer, literary scholar, and theologian. He is renowned for his works of Christian apologetics and 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. Lewis taught literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at the University of Cambridge. His influence extends to modern fantasy literature and Christian philosophy.

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