Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." And perhaps that "better" will distract the reader from the undeniable fact of the unjust slaughter. Potent if symbolic? It is murder.

Slaughter 100

Slaughter Slaughtered Cows Meat 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

A brief look at the public outcry concerning Michael Vick’s dog-fighting ring shows just how widely accepted premise (1) is. 8) The argument for the immorality of eating meat continues with two additional, undeniable premises: (3) The animals that become that meat are killed. Carruthers, The Animals Issue , p.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Indeed, many paleoanthropologists maintain that the evolution of the large, energy-hungry human brains depended on a transition of our ancestors’ diets to include meat. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov.

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40