Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Certain of our killings of them clearly maximally unjustly prevent their realization of such life-purposes (or if this appears too grandiose a term, with the desires to do things which they experience). Systematic cullings in the absence of feasible alternatives, therefore, may be morally permissible.

Killing 40

Killing Animal Morals Animal Liberation 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Variation in finch beak shape is constantly arising due to the usual sources of genetic variation, and that variation is then culled across generational time, but which direction the culling happens in depends on the climate of that particular year or season. Thus, to the Grants, a dead finch is a very important piece of data.

Tortoises 192

Tortoises South America Panama Culling 192

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Even hunters try to justify their killing of animals with reasons, e.g., "If we don't cull the deer herd, there will be massive starvation of deer come winter, so we are doing the deer a favor by providing them a quick death (assuming accurate shooting, which one really shouldn't assume!)

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40