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Gardner Williams (1895-1972) on Wronging Animals

Animal Ethics

And, in a world where there is too much hate, the judgment of many earnest moralists is overwhelmed by the charms of love; and there are those who come to accept it at its own valuation and are thus led to assert that people have an obligation to increase the collective total of all value in the universe.

Lamb 40
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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. There simply is no good reason to kill animals for food when plant-based foods are available. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic.