Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 29, 2008
Once a definite social movement got under way in the West with its objective the restricting of man's treatment of animals, it moved with relative rapidity. Moral philosophers began to regard it as an obvious truth that it is wrong to treat animals cruelly. But not so far as seriously to limit man's domination of the world.
Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. But that's neither here nor there -- I'm very supportive of animal research in principle. It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
As regards capricious killing, one hopes so; but what of vivisection, and of the eating of red meat? We recognize no present unactualized possibilities. Is love to diminish inversely as the square of the distance? Is it to extend, in some degree, to the interests of individuals belonging to other species than [our] own?
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