Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 28, 2010

This last implies of course an improvement in ethics, as opposed to morality, as I have defined it, unless we already understand 'Do as you would be done by' as applicable to whales, cattle, chickens, and so on, as it is to human beings. I am myself not so heroic. I eat eggs though they may come from battery hens.

Morals 40

Morals Whales Whaling Chickens 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

From the perspective of the land ethic a herd of cattle, sheep, or pigs is as much or more a ruinous blight on the landscape as a fleet of four-wheel drive off-road vehicles. But this is not true of cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. They want to abolish the institution of confinement, which inflicts horrible suffering on animals.

Animal Liberation 40

Animal Liberation Sheep Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Niman for pasturing the animals to provide all the beef, turkey, chicken and pork eaten in this country? Yet the turkey she raises is a much smaller factor in advancing global warming than the cattle on her ranch because they produce meat much more efficiently. Would no forests need to be cut down to create the pastures? Indeed, in Ms.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

According to the HPMAJ column, "Loos told cattle producers the livestock industry must show the public that there are moral and ethical justifications for taking the life of an animal to feed a person. One outspoken proponent of factory farming cited in the HPMAJ column is "Trent Loos, a rancher, journalist and vocal livestock supporter."

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. But recall that shmoos want to be eaten. KBJ: Ditto.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40