Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go. At one point during my year living in China, I ate dog. In the name of moral consistency I became a vegetarian four years ago. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. We carnivores have to become more benevolent.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished.

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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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