A full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more… — Jeremy Bentham
A full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversable animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month old. But suppose the case were otherwise, what would it avail? The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation · 1789
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Bentham, Jeremy. Utilitarianism and Other Essays. Penguin UK, 2004.
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Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London: T. Payne and Son, 1789, ch. 17.
