Carolina QuotesSo the real question, I believe, is not whether some ARA's use violence. The real question is whether they are justified in doing so. Here are the main outlines of a possible justification. 1. Animals are innocent. 2. Violence is used only when it is necessary to rescue them so that they are spared terrible harms. 3. Excessive violence is never used. 4. Violence is used only after nonviolent alternatives have been exhausted, as time and circumstances permit. 5. Therefore, in these cases, the use of violence is justified.
Tom Regan Carolinian
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How to Justify Violence, p. 233
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- Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals (2004)
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- 2004
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- p. 233
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