Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2007

Why is it that so many progressives think it's silly to accord moral status to animals? Then again, progressives think abortion is merely a medical procedure, devoid of moral significance. The author, Daniel Lazare, is hostile to vegetarianism.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2007

They have the best food money can buy, climate-controlled shelter, comfortable bedding, ample exercise, liberty to move about, toys to play with, and medical care (including control of parasites). How many are suffering for lack of food, fuel, shelter, clothing, or medical care? Some, such as my niece's Tag, are utterly spoiled.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 4, 2007

The documentary is not short on topics for substantive debate including "humane meat," productivity vs welfare, "animal terrorism laws," and of course the American Veterinary Medical Association's role in welfare reform. If you are able to post something on this documentary I would be grateful.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2007

To inflict death or pain on animals for scientific or medical research is wrong morally, and ought to be prohibited. This follows from everything said in the text about the rights of animals. This does not mean that animals may never be deliberately harmed or become subjects of research.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important than the type of production system for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs. As for the environment, the pork industry prides itself on being a zero-discharge industry.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 21, 2007

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs. And while producers do use antibiotics to keep their pigs healthy, drugs are F.D.A.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. To the Editor: The argument made by Gov.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 16, 2006

He received the highest score in both my fall 2005 Social and Political Philosophy course and my spring 2006 Ethics course. I believe Jonathan’s plan was to become a medical doctor. Love, of course, isn’t sufficient for being a philosopher (it may not even be necessary), but Jonathan has a genuine aptitude for philosophy.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Imagine if I and the rest of the medical profession said we had to look at the entire pharmaceutical and surgical supply industry’s needs, not just our patients’ health. He said, “I have to look at the entire industry, not just what is best for public health.” What a potential disaster that could be for our patients’ health and well-being!

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

The medical journal Lancet recently published findings showing that children who are not adequately nourished in the first five years of life sometimes never catch up to their peers. Many adults do not understand the difference between feeding a baby, a child and themselves.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. To the Editor: What parent or teacher has not noticed that girls are maturing far earlier than they used to? Years are being stolen from their childhoods. These added years will extend the time their bodies deal with adult hormones.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 21, 2007

18, 2007 The writer is associate director, Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Preservation of nature is not just an abstract aesthetic issue; our future depends on survival of things that fit. Epstein, M.D. Boston, Oct.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

159) As these nutritional experts attest, there is only one animal product that all children should be fed and that animal product is human breast milk. There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed.

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