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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

Animal Person

Or paid for food for a year at a rescue kennel. Or printed thousands of copies of vegan leaflets. And you wouldn't fund a program that was very expensive per unit (human or nonhuman animal) yet you often don't think about that when you're dealing with an individual.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

Masson traces the history of our relationship with dogs, and sprinkles in stories from various cultures that love as well as despise them, and concludes that dogs are more significant to humans than any other animal (39). Yes, there's a vegan message. This includes horses, cats and cows. And he details why.

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