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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

I finally read SPECIESISM , by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY , which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Tags: Books Ethics Language. Off we go (and all of the below are exact quotes).

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. Of course, "That's not to say dogs didn't have their niche in biomedicine. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Or mute babies?