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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. If Engber does a good job with anything, it's with pointing out the flaws in the strategies of pro-animal activists and in the outcomes of their campaigns. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. And for what?

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. And that means for the animal rights movement: Social entities like compassion, empathy and suffering are very important factors to motivate humans to change their behaviour. How about this? If I am understanding this correctly. ).