According to Shaw and Barry,utilitarians
A)focus on human well-being and ignore animal welfare.
B)oppose animal experimentation in principle.
C)should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus.
D)are likely to favor factory farming.

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Shaw and Barry argue that utilitarians should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in their calculation of overall happiness and suffering. This means that they should consider animal welfare when making ethical decisions, rather than solely focusing on human well-being. This does not necessarily mean that utilitarians oppose all animal experimentation, but rather that they would weigh the potential benefits against the harms to the animals involved. Utilitarians would not necessarily favor factory farming if it led to more suffering than happiness overall.