Animal Person
MARCH 28, 2009
Welfare Angus has requested the Oxford English Dictionary' s description of the history of the word welfare. Synne 3928 yf ou euer haddyst sorow oer kare Of y neghëburs welfare. 582 My lyfe, my lustes, be me loothe, For al welfare and I be wroothe. . worldes welfare and my goddesse. 1718 Free-thinker No.
Animal Person
JULY 19, 2009
More likely, a flip is a shift significant enough to make the old timers who were acquainted with the original definition carp about the youngins and their wanton destruction of the English language, which for some reason they think should never change. Wrong and right are less useful and more fluid in language, but they're not in morality.
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Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. My definition of violence would begin with the physical harm of living beings. Why all the quotation marks? Because I've been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking--and languaging--regarding animal rights. Now there's a word I can get behind.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 30, 2012
The European Community and the member states signatory to the treaty are required “to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.” Properly interpreted, the common law is meant to be flexible, adaptable to changes in public morality, and sensitive to new scientific discoveries. What is the common law?
Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
Here's where the train of thinking falls short of the station: "Because of his plant’s small size (it employs 15 laborers), his unwavering conviction that 'the animal needs to be respected,' and his concern for his workers’ welfare, Eggleston’s operation is an expensive and relatively inefficient one."
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