Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view.

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Vegetarian Meat Lacto-Ovo Ethics 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 1, 2007

If you have a philosophical question about the moral status of animals (or a moral question about the philosophical status of animals), please ask it by e-mail. Here are the figures for the past four months: November: 77.5 December: 74.0 January: 76.8 February: 75.4 I apologize for the recent dearth of posts.

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Morals Animal 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 1, 2006

In my view, the moral status of nonhuman animals is one of the most important issues that any of us will confront, and it confronts all of us. I'm delighted to have him aboard. I hope you come back on a regular basis to see what's been posted, and, if you can, please spread the word. Links are appreciated.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 15, 2006

The study also found that: "IQ remained a statistically significant predictor of being vegetarian as an adult after adjustment for social class (both in childhood and currently), academic or vocational qualifications, and sex." I suspect that many of the vegetarians in Gale's study base their vegetarianism on just such moral reasons.

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Vegetarian Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

The NY Times article Keith linked to earlier today (see here ) points out that fur sales are up 9% over last year and from this statistic goes on to infer that "fur is back in style." Each semester when I teach Contemporary Moral Issues, on the first day of class I begin with a survey. But is it really? Not according to my students.

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40