Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2008

I came across this 2005 book from the Society & Animals Journal titled Confronting Cruelty Moral Orthodoxy and the Challenge of the Animal Rights Movement. Readership: This book will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the animal rights movement in England, the United States and Australia.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 6, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. CONCLUSION There is no doubt that moral vegetarianism will continue to be a position that attracts people concerned with the plight of animals and with humanitarian goals. One final point.

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Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

"By pairing humane with slaughter , legislators have sanctioned horrific cruelty and mass murder. Each year, 'food animals' suffer and die by the billions, but they do so one by one. I'd rather extend moral consideration to something that can't suffer than fail to extend it to someone who can" (154).

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

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.

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