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### Flash's NTT Argument
| <font color="CC6600">**Definiendum**</font> | <font color="CC6600">**Definiens**</font> |
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| <font color="CC6600">**W**</font> | a being (x) has moral worth |
| <font color="CC6600">**N**</font> | we should exploit a being (x) to any greater degree than we would tolerate for humans |
| <font color="CC6600">**t**</font> | trait |
| <font color="CC6600">**a**</font> | animal |
| <font color="CC6600">**h**</font> | human |
| <font color="CC6600">**Definiendum**</font> | <font color="CC6600">**Definiens**</font> |
|:-------------------------------------------:|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <font color="CC6600">**W(x)**</font> | (x) has moral worth |
| <font color="CC6600">**N(x)**</font> | we should exploit (x) to any greater degree than we would tolerate for humans |
| <font color="CC6600">**A(y,x)**</font> | a (y) that is absent in (x) |
| <font color="CC6600">**x**</font> | a being |
| <font color="CC6600">**y**</font> | trait |
| <font color="CC6600">**a**</font> | animal |
| <font color="CC6600">**h**</font> | human |
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<b>P2)</b></font> If animals dont have moral worth, then there exists a trait that is absent in animals such that if it were absent in humans, humans wouldnt have moral worth.
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<b>(¬Wa→∃t(Ata→(Ath→¬Wh)))</b>
<b>(¬Wa→∃y(Aya→(Ayh→¬Wh)))</b>
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<b>P3)</b></font> There doesnt exist a trait that is absent in animals such that if it were absent in humans, humans wouldnt have moral worth.
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<b>(¬∃t(Ata→(Ath→¬Wh)))</b>
<b>(¬∃y(Aya→(Ayh→¬Wh)))</b>
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<b>C)</b></font> Therefore, we should not exploit animals to any greater degree than we would tolerate for humans.
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