Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 6, 2009

As I have suggested above, vegetarianism may have a protest or symbolic function. It might be suggested that although becoming a vegetarian as a protest against animal suffering or a way of committing oneself to helping the hungry people of the world is not a moral duty, it is still a moral act; it is a supererogatory act.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

It is simply projustice, insisting only that the scope of justice be seen to include respect for the rights of animals.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 2, 2007

Maybe the bees went on strike to protest bee-zarre working conditions. Maybe they called in sick with the hives. Maybe they went to a Queen or a Honeydrippers concert, got stoned, and couldn't find their way back. Maybe they've become postcolonialists. Maybe they had an identity crisis: "To bee or not to bee; that is the question."

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Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2007

How do you protest fox hunting? You eat a dog, of course! See here for details.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I agree with the protesters that producing, selling, buying, and wearing furs is wrong. They’re also soft and feminine, which plays into another tradition besides conspicuous consumption. One woman on television, trying on a fur, exclaimed “I wouldn’t mind finding this under my Christmas tree!”.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

For example, protesting the government’s food policies by wearing buttons, putting ads in the New York Times , or writing one’s congressman would seem to have greater educational value than not eating meat (question 2).

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

More important, it might be a much more efficient means of changing practice to stage protests at meat-packing companies, put pressure on congressmen, and work through existing humane organizations. One suspects that the SPCA and the American Humane Society have done more to stop cruelty to animals than vegetarians ever could.

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