Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

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. Hunters like him. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse?

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Mountain Lions Deer 40

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Through semantic reversal, fishers (like hunters) pretend to promote rather than destroy life" (67). Each year, 'food animals' suffer and die by the billions, but they do so one by one. "Fishers who catch and release may kill more fishes than those who catch only the number they're legally allowed to keep.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

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.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40