Animal Ethics

AUGUST 31, 2008

Nothing I have said in earlier chapters and nothing I will say in subsequent chapters is intended to deny this fact, which animal rightists correctly insist upon. But animals lack that reflective awareness which enables us to see our experiences and acts as our own (and thereby, of course, unlike animals, to be responsible for our acts). (

Suffering 40

Suffering Animal Suffering Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2008

What have humane people to say to the tremendous mass of animal suffering inflicted in the interests of the Table?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Animal Suffering Suffering Humane 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Whereas it once used to be argued, as by Newman , that the least human good compensates for any possible amount of animal suffering, the current doctrine is that it requires a considerable good to compensate for such suffering. The degree of restriction placed on human behavior, furthermore, is relatively slight.

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Animal Cruelty 2004 Cruelty Vivisection 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

We can willingly support an industry that uses doublespeak to mislead the public about the conditions in which its animals are raised, or we can boycott those very animal agribusiness industries.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

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.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Second, many of the things you can do to stop supporting animal cruelty—like not buying or wearing fur or fur trim—require minimal effort and no expense! Of course, since that is so easily accomplished, you may have already fully succeeded in carrying out that aspect of resolution 11 long ago. Do it for the animals.

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Rights Animal Cruelty Vegan Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

They can't solve the problem of animal suffering all by themselves, so they throw up their hands in defeat and go on eating meat. How many problems can be solved—in their entirety—by a single person, even over the course of a lifetime?

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Turkey Suffering Morals Animal Suffering 40