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Tom Regan on Human Chauvinism

Animal Ethics

There is a neglected other side to the anthropomorphic coin. This is human chauvinism. The anthropomorphic side reads: "It is anthropomorphic to attribute characteristics to nonhumans that belong only to humans."

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New Hub for Animal Rights

Animal Person

The tag line is: "Challenging oppression and injustice, against nonhuman animals, humans, and earth — one vegan, environmentalist, feminist, social-justice-loving, all-around-progressive post at a time. I am Mary Martin, and my first post is " On the Neglect of Animals by The Left." I'll be posting as Mary Martin, because.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

As the economy continues to falter, law enforcement officers in Kentucky and throughout the country are seeing major increases in the number of unwanted and neglected horses, some abandoned on public land, others left to starve by their owners.". And it’s much more humane than leaving them there to starve to death.”.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animal abusers are cowards who take their issues out on “easy victims”—and their targets often include their fellow humans. I cannot begin to say how many incidents I’ve seen involving animal abusers who commit violent acts against humans, and animal neglecters who have also neglected their children or other human dependents.

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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

Animal Person

And you wouldn't fund a program that was very expensive per unit (human or nonhuman animal) yet you often don't think about that when you're dealing with an individual. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. But such utilitarian thinking has no place when it comes to the individual.

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Steven M. Wise on Farm Animals

Animal Ethics

Their ethological needs and direct interests are neglected to the extent that their needs are not as congruent with higher productivity and profit. The problem of the unjust use of farm animals is large, growing, historical, institutionalized, governmentally encouraged, and fundamentally unregulated at either the state or federal level.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. Note from KBJ: The author of the New York Times story describes human beings as "carnivores."