Animal Ethics Hunting Killing Science 
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 18, 2006
I had a strong interest in science because of its reliance on reason and skepticism, which struck me as very good tools for truth seeking (which is ultimately what I am interested in). When I came across Philosophy, I immediately saw that it was the tree from which the branch of science had grown.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 20, 2007
Here are three paragraphs from a recent essay by Roger Scruton : As I suggested, science provides authority for this weird morality only when clothed in moral doctrine. One wonders whether Scruton has ever lived with—taken responsibility for—an animal. The sleight of hand that gave us the “selfish” gene gives us the rights of baboons.
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