Sentience Politics recently published a page on the significance of factory farms, which also includes discussion on why it’s important to consider numbers and compare suffering.
And FRI and SP both have articles on wild animals, not sure which is better for purposes here. SP’s is a bit more introductory/accessible maybe, and also expresses more philosophical arguments for why we should care; FRI’s a bit more academic and does not address some typical introductory reactions.
“Altruism, numbers, and factory farms”: https://sentience-politics.org/philosophy/altruism-numbers-factory-farms
Sentience Politics recently published a page on the significance of factory farms, which also includes discussion on why it’s important to consider numbers and compare suffering.
(Disclaimer, I work at SP/EAF.)
And FRI and SP both have articles on wild animals, not sure which is better for purposes here. SP’s is a bit more introductory/accessible maybe, and also expresses more philosophical arguments for why we should care; FRI’s a bit more academic and does not address some typical introductory reactions.
FRI’s: https://foundational-research.org/the-importance-of-wild-animal-suffering/
Seems like this one should probably count for 2009 rather than 2016…
SP’s: https://sentience-politics.org/philosophy/the-relevance-of-wild-animal-suffering/