Animal Person
MARCH 29, 2010
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. This book has so many great quotes that I'm going to have to write a couple of posts about them.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
There's betrayal, hypocrisy, speciesism, animals as commodities, animals as property, the myth of "humane" farming, the fictions our culture teaches us about animals, and of course, redemption. Director Jenny Stein and Producer James LaVeck weave many themes into Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home. For all of us.
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Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
This one addresses the decreasing number of dogs and cats being experimented on and, without mentioning it, discusses speciesism and our affection for dogs--pet dogs particularly (and especially purebreds)--which leads to our revulsion with the idea of snatching, vivisecting and killing them.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2009
His book on atheism is among the best I have read on that topic, which is why I used it in my Philosophy of Religion course many years ago. (I I use different books in my courses to keep things interesting for me.) My examination will not be complete, of course. The contrast would be, for example, “health vegetarianism.”
Animal Person
AUGUST 9, 2009
When I saw the Live Science article about dogs being as smart as 2-year-old kids I knew that if there were any talk of ranking, my beloved greyhounds would be at the less-desirable end of the list (not from personal experience, but from reputation), and I also knew that there would be a whiff of speciesism.
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