Animal Person
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
I haven't heard the "it's legal" argument in a long time and find the law to be such a completely separate concept that I don't even know where to begin. The law, as I was told by one of my professors during my ten minutes of law school in 1991, isn't about justice (it's about society functioning smoothly).
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2011
He is a Bird of bad moral Character. Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission Of course, in the twentieth century Bald Eagle numbers went into steep decline as the effects of DDT decimated their population. He does not get his Living honestly. Want to see all of the national bird posts on 10,000 Birds?
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2016
“Without disturbing them” of course translates to “seen at a distance of usually more than 200 m”, explaining why all the following images of the Great Bustards are heavily cropped. . This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go.
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 29, 2008
Moral philosophers began to regard it as an obvious truth that it is wrong to treat animals cruelly. It should be observed, however, that if our analysis of the situation is correct, then this change in moral attitude resulted in a restriction of rights rather than an extension of them.
Animal Ethics
MAY 4, 2008
If Smith thinks that plant rights and animal rights stand or fall together, then he is confused, for there is a morally relevant difference between plants and animals, namely, that only the latter are sentient. Animal rights ideology holds that moral worth comes with sentience or the ability to suffer.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 12, 2009
First, if my explanation of the importance of moral conduct is correct, then Kant should not be viewed as a man obsessed with duty for duty's sake. He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth. not from duty ).
Animal Person
MAY 10, 2009
In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. For an attorney, that's awfully weak. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."
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