Animal Ethics

AUGUST 1, 2008

Some indication of the genuinely biocentric value orientation of ethical environmentalism is indicated in what otherwise might appear to be gratuitous misanthropy. Baird Callicott , "Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair," Environmental Ethics 2 [winter 1980]: 311-38, at 326 [ footnote omitted])

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 8, 2007

Here is a resource for anyone who is doing research on, or is merely interested in, animal rights. Tom Regan is one of the founders of the modern animal-rights movement. I will add the site to the blogroll.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

The National Resources Defense Council's lawsuit alleges the Navy's sonar causes whales and other mammals to beach themselves." Whoever thought President Bush was a pro-animal environmentalist? People like Adolf Hitler are pro-animal environmentalists!

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention. The real story here is our tireless commitment to fighting animal cruelty.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 27, 2011

What is the optimal temperature for the alleviation of suffering, for both humans and sentient nonhuman animals? How many different species of animal or plant would there be if the globe warmed, as opposed to how many there are today? What is the optimal temperature for food production? Is it any wonder that they are not trusted?

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I think it is safe to say that yes, an intelligent animal is unhappy, even downright miserable, being confined to a crate two by seven feet for months on end. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 10, 2008

When the population of any species, including Homo sapiens, grows so quickly and consumes so many resources, it is clear that the effect on other life will be staggering. To the Editor: Re “ One in 4 Mammals Threatened With Extinction, Group Finds ” (news article, Oct.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 14, 2007

Notice that the author is not opposed to the use of nonhuman animals as resources for human consumption. Perhaps she would argue that there is no double standard, i.e., that there is a morally relevant difference between human animals and nonhuman animals that justifies the difference in treatment.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 26, 2007

It might be argued that any decrease in suffering for farmed animals is good, morally speaking. Indeed, doesn't it entrench the idea that they are resources for human use? Someone might argue that there is no incompatibility between (1) working to decrease animal suffering and (2) working toward the abolition of factory farming.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 23, 2008

15), is precisely on the mark regarding the urgency and importance of today’s plant and animal extinction crisis. An estimated $13 billion a year would be enough to maintain and expand protected areas in the tropics, where the vast majority of plant and animals species are found. 16, 2008

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2007

Those who continue to abuse every animal and natural resource for their own pleasures will come to represent the ugly. To the Editor: Re “ Uncruel Beauty ” (Thursday Styles, Jan. Some day it will be the ultimate in chic to be a compassionate consumer. Kat McAfee Princeton, N.J., 12, 2007 Note from KBJ: You are what you wear.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 9, 2007

Resorting to violence against person or property is not in the long-term best interests of animals, as Peter Singer has argued. All of us are entitled to spend our money in animal-friendly ways. (If If you want, you can think of this as "punishing" those who use animals as resources.) Not coercion. Not manipulation.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I still think of this blog mainly as a resource for scholars, which is why I added a bibliography. One thing I appreciate is links to animal-related stories. There have been 42,820 visitors to the blog in three years. That's an average of 39 visitors per day. During much of that time, I posted only rarely. Thanks for visiting.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. To the Editor: Re “ A Farm Boy Reflects ” (column, July 31): Hats off to Nicholas D.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 12, 2008

Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. About Dot Earth By 2050 or so, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. In Dot Earth, reporter Andrew C.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

There is only one way to avoid future noncompliance and free city resources that are already spread too thin —institute a ban. Now that the carriage industry is being held under a microscope, it’s clear that it puts a black mark on the city. Jackie Vergerio Portsmouth, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

A copy of the paper was deposited with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in East Lansing, where I did much of my research, but it has never been published. Would anyone be interested in reading it? If so, I can scan, upload, and link to it in this blog.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 15, 2007

Whaling for scientific research is indispensable to establish the proper conservation of whales and ocean resources. To the Editor: Re “ Japan’s Whaling Obsession ” (editorial, April 1): Japan strongly supports the international protection of endangered whale species and advocates for the sustainable harvest of species in abundance only.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2007

One difference between human beings and dogs is that human beings can see how others live, can measure the gap between their own resources and those of others, and can envy those who have more. Does anything change? It seems to me that it doesn't. But why should any of this matter? Should we base public policy on envy?

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Unless we start taking wildlife crime seriously and allocate the resources necessary to tackle a sophisticated and well-financed global criminal network, elephants and other charismatic species will continue their tragic slide into oblivion. ELIZABETH L.

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