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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

His call for the end of factory farms (concentrated animal feeding operations) is courageous. Meat production may be cruel or inhumane, but it is not, literally, torturous. Better food creates better health. And yet our government is perversely encouraging food habits that negatively affect our health and our environment.

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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.