Animal Person

APRIL 22, 2009

The ads I see today have nothing to do with animal cruelty--the opposite is true. Is this like eating at a non-vegan restaurant, where by doing so you support animal use and abuse? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Perhaps there is a filter of some find at work. Or perhaps it's my lucky day.

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Animal Person

JULY 6, 2009

Spencer R writes: Vegans sound exactly like religious fundamentalists. Trying to convince people to go vegan is like trying to convince people to only reproduce once. You purposefully choose to ignore facts like that though when citing the "cruelty and injustice" involved in the rearing and slaughter of animals.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. And not all organizations that advocate for animals claim to have a "genuine environmentalist ethic," and the ones that do must subscribe to his ethic or they're not genuine? Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest.

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Animal Person

JULY 17, 2009

First, I do think people can either be desensitized to the rampant cruelty depicted in Earthlings, or so terrified of what might happen if they let it affect them that they simply shut down. Do you use the idea of "evil" in your thinking and processing of animal rights and veganism? Tags: Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Our aim of this week is to educate people about the cruelty of greyhound racing and of course call for an end to government grants to this business and our sights of course are to see an end to this cruel exploitive industry. Need reminding why cruelty to animals is wrong? I wonder how well that works.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. And there are ethical reasons for becoming vegetarian. Ethical synergy at work.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 24, 2007

Most people are shocked and appalled when they first read descriptions of factory farming and learn about the horribly inhumane conditions in which the billions of animals destined for dinner tables are raised, and they are even more appalled when they first see documentary footage of the institutional cruelties inherent in factory farming.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms. Now that 2008 has arrived, I'd like once again to encourage new and old readers alike to make this the year that they stop supporting animal cruelty in all of its forms. If you are already a vegetarian, make this the year that you decide to go vegan.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2011

To the Editor: Re “ Egg Producers and Humane Society Urging Federal Standard on Hen Cages ” (Business Day, July 8): I’m a vegetarian who turned vegan after coming to terms with the fact that just because I was eating hormone-free, antibiotic-free, even free-range organic eggs didn’t mean that egg-producing hens were living a cruelty-free life.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms. Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms. What can I do to stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty, and is it difficult to do so? g) Purchase cruelty-free cosmetics and personal care products instead. b) Stop eating animal products.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 18, 2008

I am a long time vegetarian, now vegan for 10 years, and animal lover.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

April 9, 2009 To the Editor: In making the personal decision of where to place ourselves in our ethical relationship with animals, it is important to evaluate the reality of our words. My doctor says my tremendous health and strength are due to my being a vegan. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

It is certainly likely that a similar phenomenon would occur if vegan vegetarianism became a widespread movement in the U.S. One suspects that the SPCA and the American Humane Society have done more to stop cruelty to animals than vegetarians ever could. But my eating meat is not such a necessary condition for cruelty to animals.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

If we are to live in a more peaceful world, we must abandon the cruelty on our plates. The next logical step for those who eat in restaurants is to demand more vegetarian-vegan options on their menus. This issue is an important one and needs to be talked about. Kristina Cahill Long Beach, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Going vegan is the best way to combat this environmental nightmare, improve your health and stand up against the animal cruelty so prevalent in factory farms today. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., 10, 2008 To the Editor: Your editorial sets forth a real, serious problem but proposes a futile solution.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism. They are alive and well.

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