ABSTRACT

Shaw, George Bernard Animals dislike being vivisected, but they also dislike being forced to bear burdens and draw loads. The difference is not in the pain endured by the animals, but in the fact that whereas there is no doubt than an intelligent horse would consent to do a reasonable quantity of work for its living if it were capable of economic reasoning, just as men do, it is equally certain that no horse would on any terms submit to vivisection. On this ground the vivisector violates the moral law.