Question

On the basis of class readings what might Bentham and Aristotle say of a personwho takes pleasure in dog fighting?

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Bentham: “To inflict pain upon animals might be justified if the audience takes great pleasure in it.” Aristotle: “To engage in vice is wrong; for whatever pleasure it brings, the pleasure is less fulfilling than the pleasure connected to virtue.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Bentham and Aristotle discuss the dog fighting. Bentham told that torturing animals was not good. We should take pleasure only in good things. Whereas Aristotle said that a person refrains from all vices such as dog fighting, regardless of enjoying it. Bentham said that to inflict pain on the animals might be justified but if the audience taking pleasure from it. Aristotle said that to engage in vices is wrong, pleasure is less fulfilling than the pleasure connected to virtue. If people are enjoying the dog fighting than practice would be virtuous. It is not virtuous to torture animals. The pleasure taken by torturing animals is not virtuous.