Application - animals

Question 1

Blood sports

Answer 1

• Unlikely to be justified - they promote harm and suffering not love.
• Love principle favors compassion even towards animals

Question 2

Intensive farming

Answer 2

• Could be justified if it provides food to prevent human starvation
• Causing animal suffering without necessity may conflict with love’s demand for compassion

Question 3

Animal cloning

Answer 3

• If helps medical research and alleviates suffering, it could be justified
• critics argue it risks treating animals as disposable and eroding moral boundaries

Question 4

Animals as Organ Transplants

Answer 4

• focuses on pragmatism and human- centered compassion so could be permitted if it saves human lives and expresses agape for people
• However, may neglect animal welfare and justify exploitation, so reveals human bias and moral inconsistency