Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

And most of us, of course, just don't know about this. Human ingenuity is great, and undoubtedly a skilful vegetarian cook can come up with quite a panoply of delicious dishes. How do we know but what, once we got used to a vegetarian diet, we would find that our pleasure is scarcely diminished at all?

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

I'm sure we could do a much better job of ensuring the humane treatment of our laboratory animals--but at this point it's very difficult even to start the discussion. It "guarantees humane treatment?" Of course, "That's not to say dogs didn't have their niche in biomedicine. Maybe on paper.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 30, 2007

It may of course be denied that we have duties to animals. On the whole, since we mean by a right something that can be justly claimed, we should probably say that animals have not rights, not because the claim to humane treatment would not be just if it were made, but because they cannot make it.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In any case, which various political strategies would be most efficient for achieving humane treatment of animals is an empirical question. The trouble is, of course, that it is not clear what tacit approval is supposed to mean. Vegetarianism is not obviously the best strategy, and its worth would have to be shown.

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