Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
In issuing its condemnation of established cultural practices, the rights view is not antibusiness, not antifreedom of the individual, not antiscience, not antihuman. It is simply projustice, insisting only that the scope of justice be seen to include respect for the rights of animals. Still, it can make a contribution.
Critter News
MAY 7, 2011
Mexico is notorious for its bullfights and lack of animal rights. From Fox News (blech). Senators from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, are working on legislation to ban bullfights and guarantee animal rights in Mexico, a lawmaker said. And not very optimistic.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 12, 2009
Fox 13 Now reported. A federal grand jury has indicted an animal rights activist who refused to testify about the release of thousands of mink from Utah ranches. Jordan Halliday, 22, served several months in jail for contempt of court after he said he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 10, 2008
Why is it surprising that I have little to say about the nature of rights? It would only be surprising to one who assumes that my case for animal liberation is based upon rights and, in particular, upon the idea of extending rights to animals. But this is not my position at all.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
But there are animal rights activists in Mexico that will hopefully take notice and try to establish some kind of long-term and humane solution. From Latino Fox News. Activists said what the government was doing qualified as “animal torture,” and they called for legislative reform. Sarcasm there of course.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 28, 2008
From this perspective, the animal-rights debate seems considerably less urgent and a relatively "safe" area of controversy. One wonders why here (as elsewhere) there is so much concern for the plight of animals and evidently so little for that of humans.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 8, 2008
Whether we are environmentalists, animal rights activists, or simply supporters of democracy, we have to remain vigilant. They will simply scurry off to their think tanks and Fox News. Especially about Sarah Palin and the possibility that this woman will return in 2012. Americans are a skittish bunch.
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