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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. He differentiates those animals from what he calls "the cute animals" which is important and one of the few passages that I appreciated in this series.

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John Passmore (1914-2004) on Animal Suffering

Animal Ethics

To suppose that animals could feel would be to suggest that there could be pain and suffering where there has been no sin. For animals did not eat of the Forbidden Tree. They nailed poor animals up on boards by their four paws to vivisect them and see the circulation of the blood which was a great subject of conversation."

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

4) are abhorrent acts condemned by the vast majority of animal advocates and the organizations who represent them, including the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Compassion for animals cannot be achieved by violence. Respect for animals cannot be coerced by threats. 5, 2008 Note from KBJ: Well put!