Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2008

If their own values commit them to changing the way they treat animals, why haven't they changed the way they treat animals? Philosophers are trained to do this. The answer is that not everyone has thought through the implications of his or her values.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

be they medical, behavioral, placement or training and education so that, in the long run, the cycle of cruelty to animals is broken. The real story here is our tireless commitment to fighting animal cruelty. We constantly stretch our limited resources to save lives as a nonprofit organization.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

What other values should be sacrificed in order to prevent the killing and eating of wild animals by other wild animals? Suppose it were discovered that with proper training lions and tigers could live on zebra-flavored soy products. Should vegetarians promote a society that trains lions and tigers to eat such meat substitutes?

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Lions 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Philosophers are trained to criticize arguments and derive satisfaction from doing so. Isn’t it obvious that Morse is trying to explain something, namely, why decent, sensitive people participate in an institution that inflicts a great deal of suffering on animals? KBJ: I have no idea why Martin thinks Morse is arguing.

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Morals Vegetarian Humane Society Of The United States Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Today, because of the consolidation of the industry, all of our trains are barreling down the same tracks, and it takes only one critical contamination to cause a disaster. Back in the olden days of the family farm we never knew about the occurrence of food-related illness because we did not have a way of tracking it.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.) But recent experiments with chimpanzees suggest that the day may be near when we can ask trained chimpanzees if they want to be eaten for food. After all, we cannot communicate with them in any meaningful way, and besides, from their behavior it seems clear that they don’t want to die.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

which rears the animals, house-trains them, supplies them to any willing purchaser, takes them back, exterminates them and supplies replacements, on demand. Suppose, indeed, that a company grows up, 'Disposapup Ltd.', It is clear, is it not, that there can, for Singer, be absolutely nothing directly wrong with such a practice.

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