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90 Articles match "Morals","Rights"
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More Federal Stimulus Money Used for Animal Research
To see an issue of such moral debate minimized to simply economic activity is just not right. It's really frustrating. Our country needs federal stimulus money and I was a big supporter of this initiative of President Obama's. But it disappoints and frustrates me to see it consistently used for purposes that I passionately oppose.
Critter News
- Sunday, April 11, 2010
SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux
Meanwhile, "new speciesism" is the notion that within a paradigm where rights are included for nonhuman animals, some are more deserving of rights than others for any of a variety of reasons (e.g., We're not asking that any nonhumans have freedom of speech or voting rights. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it. We don't.
Animal Person
- Thursday, April 1, 2010
On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights
The way I see it, there are three camps on this one: People who think that dolphins or Great Apes or chimps could function as a gateway to other animals getting rights. You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory. Would you actually actively campaign against rights for some species? We'll see.
Animal Person
- Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13
A third of a century ago, when the modern animal-liberation movement was in its infancy, Martin published an essay entitled “A Critique of Moral Vegetarianism,” Reason Papers (fall 1976): 13-43. You will, therefore, agree with Martin about moral vegetarianism but not about Christianity. Another reason is moral. Mine is not.
Animal Ethics
- Friday, January 9, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 9 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Animal Rights A stronger argument is made by people who maintain that animals have rights. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life. According to Benn, only moral agents have rights.
Animal Ethics
- Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. SOME PROBLEMS OF MORAL VEGETARIANISM With respect to traditional moral vegetarianism some problems immediately come to the fore. What animals is it morally wrong to eat? But what is the extent of the universal moral principle?
Animal Ethics
- Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 7 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Speciesism If there is some doubt whether the arguments from monkeys and from glass walls should be considered moral arguments, there can be no doubt about the moral import of the argument from speciesism. KBJ: Ditto.
Animal Ethics
- Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 10 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Would they have the right to treat you as you treat animals you breed, keep, and kill for food? Tags: Moral Vegetarianism Our discussion above of the concept of person suggests a difference. Most animals are probably not persons.
Animal Ethics
- Friday, August 21, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. The ability to feel pain is not an obviously plausible way of morally distinguishing microorganisms from other organisms. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism
Animal Ethics
- Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 5 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. ARGUMENTS FOR MORAL VEGETARIANISM A variety of arguments have been given for vegetarianism. Sometimes they take such a sketchy form that it is not completely clear they are moral arguments. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism Then Dr.
Animal Ethics
- Friday, March 27, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. It can be argued instead that by eating meat one is giving one’s tacit consent or approval to the present situation, that the only way to be true to one’s moral conviction that the present treatment of animals is inhumane is not to eat meat.
Animal Ethics
- Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view.
Animal Ethics
- Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Peter Singer on Animal Rights
Why is it surprising that I have little to say about the nature of rights? It would only be surprising to one who assumes that my case for animal liberation is based upon rights and, in particular, upon the idea of extending rights to animals. have little to say about rights because rights are not important to my argument.
Animal Ethics
- Sunday, February 10, 2008
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