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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I’m tired of hearing people who enjoy killing justify it with specious moral platitudes. Animals suffer when killed. Beyond that, though, is the tragedy of the doe’s sole contact with a human: a moment that could have initiated a communion between the two was instead reduced to carnage. BRINNING Boston, Dec.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. KBJ: This misrepresents Singer’s view, which I described above.