Tuesday, July 26, 2022

How Much Should I Spend to Keep My Elderly Dog Alive?

We don't always think rationally about our pets in relation to our humanity.

…The quality of the life of a dog or a cat is a matter of the quality of its moment-to-moment experiences. They have no projects to complete; their lives have no narrative arc that matters to them. They do not fear death in the way we do: As far as we can tell, they do not have the concept of death. That's why the sorts of reasons a person might have for going on even after existence has become a source of pain don't apply to them…

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/magazine/pets-euthanasia-ethics.html?referringSource=articleShare

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