Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

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 writes as if what he used to do--and what he defends--is morally justifiable on its face, and it's just the details that might be questionable.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2007

To inflict death or pain on animals for scientific or medical research is wrong morally, and ought to be prohibited. This does not mean that animals may never be deliberately harmed or become subjects of research. Franklin, Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy [New York: Columbia University Press, 2005], 125)

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Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

and an accountant and an economist and any other "expert" that uses their field to claim a moral authority. Just because you can tell me that a cell mutates does not mean that you have the moral authority to tell me what kind of society I should live in. And who is making that subjective decision?

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