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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

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Thanks to Patty at Animal Rights-Do Whatever is Necessary for reposting this list of 40 ways to help lab animals. Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, in collaboration with a number of government agencies, has established AltWeb, the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web site.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 9 of 13

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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. So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

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. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. KBJ: I’m speechless.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

KBJ: Nobody in the animal-rights or animal-liberation movement views intelligence as a morally significant property, at least intrinsically. KBJ: Once again, it depends on whether the animals in question can consent to being used as sources of food. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. If they can, then they may.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

It would be a way of protesting present practice, a way of saying, “I disagree strongly with the treatment of animals used for food.” But so could lots of other things: wearing an animal rights button, picketing meat-packing houses, and so on. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism.

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