Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif.,

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New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

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. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Nor ought we kill them without reason.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

There is no ethical justification for killing an animal for no good reason. For example, "free roaming chickens" conjures up images of happy chickens running free and unfettered all about the barnyard, when in fact the label "free roaming chickens" just means chickens that were not raised in battery cages.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40