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Sat 10 Oct 2008Debate on animal vivisection
Madam, – According to John Power (October 16th) we’re “the only species that troubles itself with the notion of ethics”. If so, then persistence in actions of at least questionable morality, such as causing suffering and premature death to humans or other animals, merely makes us guilty instead of innocent. I suppose that, in Christian theology, this would be the sin against the Holy Ghost.
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