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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals suffer when killed. But whether with a flintlock or a modern rifle, hunting cruelly takes the life of a living, sentient being that has as much right to live as any hunter or writer. It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. Hunters like him.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

Rest assured that if you are purchasing meat from your favorite fast food restaurant, your favorite sit-down chain restaurant, or your local grocery store, you are purchasing the flesh of a tortured animal. Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason.