Article #1 – Enough horse deaths. Santa Anita should stop racing for the season. (Links to an external site.)
Article #2 – Santa Anita Workers Point to ‘Human Cost’ If Track Were to Shut Down Over Horse Deaths (Links to an external site.)
Remember, the focus of this discussion is to make use of the ideas we have been reading this week and apply them to a contemporary issue. A famous argument from utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer (Links to an external site.) claims that if animals can feel pain, then they deserve to have that pain accounted for in our moral calculations. How might this relate to the issue of the recent horse deaths at the Santa Anita Racing Track and utilitarianism?
