Timothy Hsiao asks a good question: Why believe animals deserve moral consideration? His answer is that we should not. He considers various other answers and finds them wanting. In this paper I consider an answer Hsiao has not yet discussed: We should accept a conservative view about how to form beliefs. And such a view will instruct us to believe that animals deserve moral consideration. I think conservatives like Hsiao do best to answer his question in a way that upholds the moral status of animals. Since my answer is one Hsiao has not yet addressed, it is compatible with the main points he makes against various other motivations in his many papers on this topic. So my paper should be understood as an invitation to Hsiao to consider another answer.

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动物值得道德考虑

Timothy Hsiao 问了一个很好的问题：为什么相信动物值得道德考虑？他的回答是我们不应该。他考虑了各种其他答案，并发现它们是需要的。在这篇论文中，我考虑了一个萧尚未讨论过的答案：我们应该接受关于如何形成信念的保守观点。这种观点将指导我们相信动物值得道德考虑。我认为像萧这样的保守派最好以维护动物道德地位的方式来回答他的问题。由于我的回答是萧还没有提到的，这与他在关于这个主题的许多论文中针对各种其他动机提出的主要观点是一致的。所以我的论文应该被理解为邀请萧考虑另一个答案。