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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. He can even write about personal things, such as his attempt to become a vegetarian. This blog has a new member: my former (and perhaps future) student Jonathan Hubbell. Maybe he’ll share some recipes!

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. First, it is dubious that becoming a vegetarian would have much effect on present practice. causing a decline in U.S.

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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. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism.