Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

It would remain true, of course, that the vegetarian diet is more limited, since every pleasure available to the vegetarian is also available to the carnivore (not counting the moral satisfactions involved, of course—which would be question-begging), plus more which are not available to the vegetarian so long as he remains one.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Vegetarian Cooking Slaughter 40

Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

Steve Best's verbal presentation of his ideas sometimes irks me. But now the blinders are coming off, and it is time Leftists take their own off and wake up to the fact of the ethological revolution and its profound implications for human identity, our moral relationships to nonhuman animals, and to politics. Why can we talk?

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Morals Vegan Humane 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Having an ever-present dog or cat, for example, can help ease separation anxiety in children when mom and dad aren’t around. Caring for a pet can bring pleasure and help boost your morale and optimism. Many also learn responsibility, compassion, and empathy from having pets.

Pets 100

Pets Emotional Dogs Cats 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 1, 2008

The biospheric perspective does not exempt Homo sapiens from moral evaluation in relation to the well-being of the community of nature taken as a whole. As omnivores, the population of human beings should, perhaps, be roughly twice that of bears, allowing for differences of size.

Animal Liberation 40

Animal Liberation Morals Ethics Deer 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ever the moral perfectionist, Franklin argued that the turkey was a much more honorable and determined fowl, and suggested the bird – as an “original Native of America” – would make a decidedly more fitting avian mascot for the United States (seemingly implying – incorrectly – that the Bald Eagle is not an indigenous New World species).

2017 151

2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 151