In my essay I explore the topic of an earlier post: why it is immoral to own animals. My argument rests on the premise that humans, sentient animals, and objects comprise the three foundational categories of moral things. In a sort of broad way these categories dictate the ways we should interact morally. There is a certain way for humans to interact with each of these categories.
While it is clear that animals cannot interact with us the way we can interact with other humans, they are sentient beings and deserve certain moral considerations. Thus it would be improper to 'own' an animal, because ownership is a certain human relationship with an object. Animals are not objects, and thus morally require a different sort of relationship.
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