Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources."

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

And most of us, of course, just don't know about this. Jan Narveson , "Animal Rights," Canadian Journal of Philosophy 7 [March 1977]: 161-78, at 173-4 [italics in original]) How do we know but what, once we got used to a vegetarian diet, we would find that our pleasure is scarcely diminished at all?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Vegetarian Cooking Slaughter 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. He requests that after his death his wife prepare a lavish dinner with him as the main course. This, however, is not our world, so I don’t understand the bearing of the question.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Clearly, in the face of near universal condemnation from the internet masses, there is only one course of action for me. 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. But these are fixable problems.

Lions 195

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 195