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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We pay lip service to more humane treatment of the animals that we eat, but how many of us look beyond the label on the package of chicken cutlets? We empathize with our fellow humans when they endure mental or physical torture and condemn the cruel barbarians that inflict it. We know that animals suffer as well.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Becoming a vegetarian is the most practical and effective step one can take towards [sic; kbj] ending both the killing of non-human [sic; kbj] animals and the infliction of suffering upon them. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. That is absurd.