Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2009

The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course. But each time Oprah or a guest mentioned a statistic, and the audience was appropriately surprised and disgusted by that statistic, a statistic about animals quickly popped into my mind. Our job, it seems to me, is to help them see it.

Cows 100

Cows Vegan Trafficking Transported 100

Animal Ethics

MAY 1, 2008

I have a number of posts about animals waiting in the wings, but I have been saving them for summer, when I have more time. One of them is a long critique of philosopher David Oderberg's argument against animal rights. The previous records (set in March 2008) were 4,200 and 135.4.

Austin 40

Austin 2008 Animal Rights Animal 40

Animal Person

JULY 23, 2009

I have an unusual number of e-mails from individuals who have written, are writing, or would like to write a book about animals and asked about various steps in the publishing process. How successful they are at creating new vegans or animal rights advocates depends on many factors. . Is your market vegans? Think about that.

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Vegan Advocacy Animal Rights Research 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40