10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

It is not that they do no wrong, but that “right” and “wrong” here make no sense. And that explains, in part, the appeal of the animal-rights movement. Scruton appears to be saying that it’s selfish, or self-indulgent, to live with, love, and provide for dogs, cats, birds, and other animals.

Animal 40

Animal Morals Apes Emotional 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

But it is important to remember that animal rights and wildlife conservation are two separate concepts (and arguably animal rights is a different concept to animal welfare, but for the sake of this discussion I’m going to treat them as more closely related ideas than they perhaps are).

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 268