Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. Premise (7) is clearly true, but don’t take my word for it. The answer, according to the ADA, is “No.”

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Back in 2007, DK Publishing produced what I still consider the consummate birding coffee table book. A certified non-vegetarian Avian veterinarian Is flying today With a condor fillet, So he’s carryin’ carry-on carrion. * If you haven’t seen it, BIRD: The Definitive Visual Guide is simply stunning.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

As a longtime vegan with three vegan-from-birth children, I would like to suggest that since vegetarians are generally healthier than meat eaters, there is no excuse for compassionate people to eat animals. There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky.,

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

22): The solution to scarcity of water in the United States could be solved rather quickly if more people became vegetarians. Christy (Op-Ed, Sept. Just think of the savings in water use if we didn’t have the need to raise millions of animals for human consumption! Roy Esiason Granville, N.Y.,

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2007

Dear Keith, I'd like to request a copy of the essay "Simplifying the Case for Vegetarianism" that you praised on your webpage (12 Jan 2007). I also want to take the opportunity to say how much I enjoy reading the excellent insights/arguments/links etc that you've included on Animal Ethics over the years.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

March 27, 2007 To the Editor: Livestock producers raise their animals under humane standards and under the care of a veterinarian. Dave Warner Director of Communications National Pork Producers Council Washington, March 28, 2007 To the Editor: Regardless of how “humanely” an animal is raised, it still has to be slaughtered to be eaten.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Unlike birds, they do not vocalize; unlike butterflies, they are totally predatory, not a vegetarian amongst them. Together they comprise Ondonata, an order of insects that, like birds, are beautiful in flight and challenging in identification.

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