In the following, discuss whether Marina is treating relevantly similar cases in sufficiently similar fashions; identify instances in which the cases are not relevantly similar.Marina criticizes the Japanese for killing and eating whales, but she eats beef.

What will be an ideal response?


That is, she approves beef killing but not whale killing. The cases are arguably dissimilar.

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