Animal Suffering Cruelty Non Human Vegetarian 
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 2, 2011
I propose that the moral significance of the suffering, mutilation, and death of non-human animals rests on the following, which may be called the overflow principle: Act towards that which, while not itself a person, is closely associated with personhood in a way coherent with an attitude of respect for persons.
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. Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering.
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