Animal Ethics

MAY 4, 2008

If, for instance, it is determined that gravely mentally defective human beings and monsters born of human parents are not the kinds of beings who may possess rights, this bears on how we may treat them. Similarly, important conclusions follow from the question as to whether animals have rights.

Animal Rights 40

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Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

Mockingbirds bear a grudge against particular people (guardian.co.uk). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Language animal rights Culture Ecology Ethology speciesism The Left veganism. Why can we talk? Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com). Chimp 'showed malice aforethought' (guardian.co.uk).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Morals Vegan Humane 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." if we believe it's our right to do what we want with the lives of other animals. . . . But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

Polar Bears 100

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 7, 2007

Here is a website that contains much useful information about animal ethics. I'm not sure what relation it bears to Tom Regan, the philosopher from North Carolina State University. It appears to be organized around Regan's book Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

Once one bears in mind that it is this comparative assessment that is required, then it seems to me there will be a strong case (1) for Humane Slaughter, and humane treatment prior to slaughter, and (2) insofar as really painless and comfortable animal-raising is not attained or attainable, giving vegetarianism a try, at least.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Vegetarian Cooking Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

By abusing evolutionary biology in this way, we are able to read back the sophisticated conduct of people into the animal behavior that prefigures it. But this means that the apes appeal to animal-rights activists for precisely the wrong reason—namely, that they look like people and behave like people, while making no moral demands.

Animal 40

Animal Morals Apes Emotional 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

KBJ: Nobody in the animal-rights or animal-liberation movement views intelligence as a morally significant property, at least intrinsically. This, however, is not our world, so I don’t understand the bearing of the question. If so, no moral objection based on the killing of animals could be raised to the eating of meat.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. Like with animal rights, the goals of conservation and hunting are not quite lined up, but they can be quite similar. Shoot something!

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