Animal Ethics
JUNE 17, 2008
And the other is taking up vegetarianism. Utilitarians persuaded of the leading premise here should, I think, be willing to pay the higher prices, and to plump for protections of animals of the kind in question. But what about the vegetarian alternative? And most of us, of course, just don't know about this.
Animal Ethics
JULY 7, 2009
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The question is, of course, whether animals do have a right to life. They, too, may be killed and eaten on the view under consideration, provided, of course, that they are killed painlessly. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism.
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Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Most informative for a discussion about vegan advocacy is the section about the animal rights movement (and unfortunately he alternately calls it “animal protection” and also refers to welfare, perhaps because of the Humane Research Council’s study that people prefer the word “protection”). Of course that can be debated.
Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. Of course, "That's not to say dogs didn't have their niche in biomedicine. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act."
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 23, 2006
In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism. Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason. They are alive and well. Is eating meat necessary for optimal health?
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