Regard for the Lower Animals

Chapter XLIV

Animals treated with deference for superstitious reasons, pp. –493.—Butchers regarded as unclean, p. .—Many peoples averse from killing their cattle from economic motives, p. sq.—Domestic animals treated kindly by savages out of sympathy, pp. –496.—Savages who are said to be lacking in sympathy for the brute creation, p. .—Moral valuation of men’s conduct towards the lower animals among savages, p. sq.—In Brahmanism, p. .—In Buddhism, pp. , 498, 500.—In Jainism, p. sq.—In Taouism, p. .—In China, p. sq.—In Japan, p. .—In Zoroastrianism, p. sq.—In Muhammedanism, p. sq.—In ancient Greece and Rome, pp. –505.—In Hebrewism, p. sq.—In Christianity, pp. –508.—The views of modern philosophers, p. .—Of legislators, p. sq.—Indifference to animal suffering a characteristic of public opinion in European countries up to quite modern times, p. sq.—Laws against cruelty to animals, p. .—Humane feelings towards animals in Europe, pp. –512.—The crusade against vivisection, pp. –514.—Explanation of the increasing sympathy with animal suffering in Europe, p. sq.—The influence of human thoughtlessness upon the treatment of the lower animals and upon the moral ideas relating to it, pp. –514.