Debeaking Ethics Inhumane Vegetarian 
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. Trivial or insignificant reasons won’t do.
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. Animal agriculture is inherently inhumane. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public.
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