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Housekeeping

Animal Ethics

Here is what it says on the editorial page of my local newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram : LETTERS POLICY Verification: Letters must have a printed full name, address and daytime phone number. As unbelievable as it may sound, I still get comments without full names. Can you people read?

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Manfred Kuehn on Kant's Cosmopolitanism

Animal Ethics

I'm a citizen of the United States (as well as some of its subdivisions, such as Texas and Fort Worth). Note 2 from KBJ: Kant denied moral status to nonhuman animals. By the way, one answers questions and solves problems. One does not answer problems.

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Animal Ethics

Perhaps I should have gotten the house number and called the Humane Society or Fort Worth Animal Control. Now, because of the man's anger at my officiousness, I'm afraid. It was a no-win situation. What would you have done? I considered this, but decided that nothing would be done.