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Mylan

Animal Ethics

I worked in ethics. Years later, after he had gone off to teach at Northern Illinois University and I had gone off to teach at the University of Texas at Arlington, we discovered that we had a shared interest in animal rights. Mylan worked in epistemology.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Mittermeier President, Conservation International Arlington, Va., Meanwhile, the clock is ticking on species, which are the basis of ecosystems that give us fresh air, water and countless other natural resources necessary for human well-being worldwide. Once the world’s threatened species are gone, no amount of money can bring them back.

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Introducing Jonathan Hubbell

Animal Ethics

Jonathan is a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington , where I have been a professor since the fall of 1989. This blog has a new member: my former (and perhaps future) student Jonathan Hubbell. Like many people (including me), he fell in love with the discipline almost as soon as he discovered it.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

But is it true that by eating meat one is giving one’s tacit consent to the cruel treatment of animals? If I visit Arlington Cemetery, do I give my tacit consent to the various wars that produced the graves? It is certainly not clear what one gives one’s tacit consent to in following a practice. Certainly not.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard.