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Reasons Consistently Applied

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I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. Taken together, these reasons make a very compelling cumulative case for becoming a vegetarian.

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From Today's New York Times

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and Barnum & Bailey are dedicated to providing the very best of care for all our animals, especially the Asian elephant. Rather than adopt stringent United States animal care standards, which Ringling Bros. fully supports, officials in Mexico City unnecessarily banned circuses with animals. performance, and their No.

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Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) on Animals

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The former view is the one adopted by Bentham and Mill, and (I believe) by the Utilitarian school generally: and is obviously most in accordance with the universality that is characteristic of their principle. Are we to extend our concern to all the beings capable of pleasure and pain whose feelings are affected by our conduct?

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From the Mailbag

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Hello, I am a volunteer for 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com, which is North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website , and I'm trying to get the word out about homeless pet adoption. I am looking at your site and thought you might like to add a link somewhere to 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com.

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Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity

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That is, he not only conforms to the principles that he freely adopted but does so because they are principles that he freely and rationally adopted. The person who most completely lives as an autonomous person, then, is the one for whom the disposition to follow the Categorical Imperative is most effective.

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