Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Animal pain in Jewish tradition

PROF. YAEL SHEMESH: Do Animals Feel Pain? Balaam’s Donkey vs. Descartes (TheTorah.com).
In contrast to Descartes’ theory of animals as automatons, the Torah and rabbinic text express deep concern for animal suffering. One vivid example is the donkey’s rebuke of Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me?” (Num 22:28).

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