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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. I suppose speciesism/human exceptionalism is at the heart of the matter. He just doesn't believe that other beings lives might have a purpose all their own that is entirely unrelated to humans.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Would I ever say I restrict my diet to food that wasn't made from the parts of creatures as sentient as the greyhounds I share my home with? The kids made tortillas from scratch and then went to a factory to see how professionals do it. Any other factories on the agenda? I don't think of that as a restriction.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

Hence the psychological continuum described (below) by Austria's Association Against Animal Factories from about a year ago. And human psychology says that humans are far more social than rational creatures. One of the most important aspects determining human behaviour is their social environment.