Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 23, 2009

When it is asked whether animals have rights, and whether human beings have duties to them, the question, I think, is partly moral and partly verbal. Let us consider the moral question first. Similar considerations, I suggest, apply when we ask whether it is proper to say that animals have moral rights.

Animal Rights 40

Animal Rights Rights Animal Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.”

Wildlife 232

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 232

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to the AP story, nine of ten jackets tested by HSUS were found to have trim made of dog fur, but were mislabeled in violation of federal law. Each semester when I teach Contemporary Moral Issues, on the first day of class I begin with a survey. But is it really? Not according to my students.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40