Animal Person
APRIL 26, 2009
Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." Isn't the mere existence of violence and suffering sufficient?
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.”
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Animal Person
DECEMBER 14, 2009
The most recent execution, of Kenneth Biros, involved 30 minutes to find a vein for the single-drug and "the execution only reinforced that any form of capital punishment is legally suspect and morally wrong.". Where's the moral objection on behalf of cows? That is the way to eliminate the inevitable problems with executions."
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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2022
So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. This allows you to watch birds (well, at least those that are not too noise sensitive) while not having to suffer their sounds. As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day. Sometimes it works.
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