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Gardner Williams (1895-1972) on Wronging Animals

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That is, they contribute to increasing, in the long run, the quantity of satisfaction which an individual experiences. The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. The issue is: Does he gain more value than he would experience if he let them live? But few people do this.

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From the Mailbag

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I just wanted to share it with you: I was at a book signing recently for my book ( All Creatures of Our God and King: What God's Word Says About Animals ) and I was approached by a man who asked me the following question: "Why would anyone want to write a book about what the Bible says about animals?

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

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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. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so.

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From the Mailbag

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I refuse to eat pork, but eat grass-fed beef when I am making Persian food, and certain forms of chicken and lamb with other ethnic foods I consume. If a person is in a discipline in which he or she is attempting to understand a culture or wants to experience a culture, vegetarianism is nearly impossible.