Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Here is a New York Times blog post about wolf hunting. While this belief might not compel us to be vegetarians, it does demand significant changes in the way we raise animals for food, and it forbids wolf hunting as a form of entertainment. Why does this belief not "compel us to be vegetarians"? Is meat-eating necessary?

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 18, 2007

Since a number of "Animal Ethics" readers reside in the northern Illinois area, I thought I would call your attention to an exciting lecture that is taking place on Northern Illinois University's campus. She specializes in Environmental Ethics, Human-Animal Ethics, and Moral Psychology. Jenni, Ph.D.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Price Foundation, among others, are currently debating the question “Are Vegetarians Healthier?” As always, we’d love if you spread the word by blogging or linking to the debate. Since you’ve expressed interest in our past debates, I thought I’d let you know about a discussion that just launched. PETA and the Weston A. See it here.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

First of all, I would like to thank Keith for inviting me to be a part of this blog. Currently, I am very interested in social and political philosophy and ethical issues. I felt a strong sense of connection to the ideas of Peter Singer while taking Ethics from Keith. Hi there, I'm Jonathan. So, I took the plunge.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 15, 2006

Hi there, I've enjoyed reading your blog and appreciate the articles you've posted and the thoughts you've provoked in your readers. I produce a popular podcast called Vegetarian Food for Thought , and I made a cooking DVD called Vegetarian Cooking with Compassionate Cooks. I look forward to continuing to read your blog.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

Hello, I saw your blog and thought you might be interested in visiting my new forum. It's not a vegetarian forum, but I am interested in getting all sides in the animal debates (I guess I'd be called a moderate). I've set a spot aside for interest in animals and animal issues. The site is www.globechat.org.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 16, 2006

This blog has a new member: my former (and perhaps future) student Jonathan Hubbell. He received the highest score in both my fall 2005 Social and Political Philosophy course and my spring 2006 Ethics course. You may think it odd that I would invite a student to blog here, but actually I think it will be exciting. Stay tuned.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 18, 2008

I am a long time vegetarian, now vegan for 10 years, and animal lover.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 24, 2008

Meat eaters (and even some lacto-ovo-vegetarians) think this way because they mistakenly think that vegans eat an austere, bland diet consisting mostly of twigs and seeds with occasionally some plain tasteless tofu thrown in. If you want to see just how delectable vegan food can be, check out the Walking the Vegan Line blog.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

If you are already a vegetarian, make this the year that you decide to go vegan. When looking for ways to better ourselves in the New Year, we should look for ways to better ourselves physically, emotionally, and ethically. As we have just seen, resolving to do right by animals is a great way to do right by oneself.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

It takes a slightly different take on vegetarian advocacy—trying to quantify the effects of single meal decisions to protect the environment and improve animal welfare. At this point we're emailing websites and blogs that have related themes, our goal being to get the word out that the site exists.

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DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism.

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