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At the center of ethics is the following question: how should we treat the least powerful among us? How should we treat children, the mentally disabled, prisoners, and marginalized groups? Since animals have so little power—they cannot organize a violent or nonviolent rebellion against us and they are unable to defend themselves with speech—what ethical responsibility do we have to them? How can a greater understanding of ethics improve our treatment of our fellow human beings? Genocide, slavery, and rape are just a few among the many injustices that result from harming those who have less power.