Animal Ethics
JUNE 17, 2008
And most of us, of course, just don't know about this. How do we know but what, once we got used to a vegetarian diet, we would find that our pleasure is scarcely diminished at all? Human ingenuity is great, and undoubtedly a skilful vegetarian cook can come up with quite a panoply of delicious dishes.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2011
He is a Bird of bad moral Character. Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission Of course, in the twentieth century Bald Eagle numbers went into steep decline as the effects of DDT decimated their population. He does not get his Living honestly.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. And of course, Carl Hiaasen, who unintentionally taught me how to write a novel. The book is darkly funny.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. The ability to feel pain is not an obviously plausible way of morally distinguishing microorganisms from other organisms. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2019
Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Casa de Conrad, Portal, AZ.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2019
Of course, this fanciful story had been devised to explain the absence of nests in Europe by this Arctic breeder, but Frederick dismissed it as nonsense. But in many cases, Frederick found that the claims of these vaunted but unthinking sources stood in contrast with his own experiences as both a falconer and keen observer of birds.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
But when HSUS purchased several of these jackets, the jackets arrived bearing the labels "Made in China" and "genuine raccoon fur." Each semester when I teach Contemporary Moral Issues, on the first day of class I begin with a survey. One of the questions on the survey is: "Is it morally permissible to kill animals for fur coats?"
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