Why does natural moral law generally permit the use of animals as food?

Why natural moral law generally permits eating animals, and how all three theories judge intensive farming, animal experimentation, animal cloning, blood sports and xenotransplantation.

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Why might natural moral law oppose intensive farming?

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How does situation ethics evaluate animal experimentation?

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Why does natural moral law generally permit the use of animals as food?
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Because humans have rational souls that place them higher in the natural hierarchy, and animals exist to serve human ends.
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Why might natural moral law oppose intensive farming?
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If it involves unnecessary cruelty, as this could be contrary to the virtue of temperance and the proper stewardship of creation.
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How does situation ethics assess the use of animals as food?
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By weighing the loving outcomes for all involved, potentially opposing intensive farming if it causes disproportionate suffering.
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What virtues and vices does virtue ethics consider when evaluating eating animals?
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Whether it reflects virtues such as temperance and gratitude or vices such as gluttony and indifference to suffering.
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Under what conditions might natural moral law permit animal experimentation?
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If it serves the human good and is conducted without unnecessary cruelty, given the hierarchical ordering of creation.
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How does situation ethics evaluate animal experimentation?
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By considering whether the benefits to humans represent the most loving outcome and whether alternatives exist.

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