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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? The kids made tortillas from scratch and then went to a factory to see how professionals do it. Any other factories on the agenda? The site says food production factories are included , but I doubt that means those involving the slaughter of animals.).

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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

Animal Person

No factory farms, no large-scale operations where animals are crammed together under a roof, never to see the light of day. Yes, I do think it's better to have lived a comfortable life and then be slaughtered than to have been tortured the entire time and then be slaughtered. It's just not right. Here, that enemy being Death.)

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On Not Eating Animals

Animal Person

as I was running this morning, I couldn't help wonder what the difference is between his book and The Compassionate Carnivore and the myriad others written by people who despise factory farming, yet claim to love animals (and of course love their "meat," and find a way to get it while not feeling bad about it).

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered. Or new markets could be found among the countries of the world where meat consumption is slight; more need for meat could be produced among nonvegetarians and dogs and cats.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

A brief look at the public outcry concerning Michael Vick’s dog-fighting ring shows just how widely accepted premise (1) is. It is not in dispute that, in modern factory farms, animals are raised in massively overcrowded, unnatural warehouses. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

The good news is that if you know someone who needs to be schooled on all of the sordid details of factory farming, and appreciates good writing, this is a great book. Factory farming considers nature an obstacle to overcome" (34). Ever, in fact. In other words, "EATING ANIMALS" is a remarkably palatable book for the masses.

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Jonathan Bennett on Revisable Morality

Animal Ethics

Many people exclude animals from moral consideration, even though they would never think to neglect, much less harm, a dog or a cat. Have you visited a factory farm or a slaughterhouse? Have you visited a factory farm or a slaughterhouse? Have you looked at images or videotapes of slaughter? This is bad faith.

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