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An Unsentimental Case for Animal Welfare

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Ben Sixsmith
Oct 03, 2026
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Imagine, if you’ll indulge me, that we’re all kidnapped by a race of hyper-intelligent aliens. We end up being trapped in tiny space pods and poked with a kind of electroshock tool which is meant to tenderise our meat prior to our being cooked.

Now, these aliens are really, really intelligent and really, really cultured. Their children would be able to s…

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