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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

A prime example of this is our concern for the welfare of animals in agriculture.". The "problem with this view" that arises is that it is entirely logical to broaden one's circle of compassion beyond "pets" and to other sentient nonhumans, and Scott doesn't like that logic because it conflicts with his profit motive and his palate.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! As always, thank you for caring, and for writing. Thanks for visiting!

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

And it certainly doesn't follow that it is permissible to eat meat that comes from animals who were forced to endure horribly inhumane factory farm conditions and who were then slaughtered inhumanely. The question is not: "Is there any conceivable set of circumstances in which it would be permissible to eat meat?" Running time: 12 Minutes.