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The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in the world, they are aware of it. What happens to them matters to them. Each has a life that fares better or worse for the one whose life it is.

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Tom Regan
Age: 78 †
Born: 1938
Born: November 28
Died: 2017
Died: February 17
Philosopher
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Pittsburg
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