Summary Of Pain Lobsters By Wallace

Wallace summarizes that animals that experience pain are worthy of our ethical regard; ergo, it is unethical to cause a sentient creature pain. A person’s ethical regard is the summation of the ethical principles that they hold. The instances in which an individual applies those ethical principles is based on when they feel it’s warranted. Wallace reasons that by having the ability to experience pain lobsters are worthy of a person’s ethical regard. Wallace then highlights the general principle that the act of inflicting pain is unethical. Wallace goes on to explain that by applying this principles it then becomes unethical to consume lobster, because the act inflicts pain on the animal. Wallace argues that this line of reasoning leads to the