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NYT Opens the Door to the Humane Myth

Animal Person

Let's summarize and deconstruct: After a botched execution, Ohio adopted a single-drug formula to replace the three-drug cocktail previously used to kill people. We went from an abolitionist angle--that executing people is morally wrong--to the death penalty needs to be repealed to eliminate problems during the execution.

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Tom Regan on the Animal-Rights Movement

Animal Ethics

To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy. Moral philosophy is no substitute for political action. It is to be hoped that the publication of this book will play some role in advancing this great movement, the animal rights movement, toward the third and final stageā€”the stage of adoption.