Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
Mark Spahn, a longtime reader of my AnalPhilosopher blog, thinks it’s question-begging to use “who” (instead of “that”) to refer to animals. The question (presumably) is whether animals have moral status, i.e., whether the interests of animals must be taken into account in our deliberations. So both usages are question-begging.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than a reference book with images of birds and facts about their identifying field marks. Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature.
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Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Herzog, unsurprisingly, uses “it” to refer to animals, eats and wears them, and “[does] not feel particularly guilty about it” (P.S., On page 172, when Herzog writes, “I am conflicted over many moral issues involving animals,” I respond, “No kidding!” The campaign to moralize meat has largely been a failure.
Animal Person
JULY 3, 2009
" Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals ," By Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce, is the most recent (for me) book that debunks myths about the differences between human and nonhuman animals. Also, Bekoff and Pierce present a descriptive view, not a normative view of morality. There are no judgments.
Animal Person
MAY 10, 2009
It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. And not all organizations that advocate for animals claim to have a "genuine environmentalist ethic," and the ones that do must subscribe to his ethic or they're not genuine? Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. References: 1 Wyofile “Study: Non-hunters Contribute Most to Wildlife” , 2 North American Model of Wildlife Conservation And Wolves , 3 An Inadequate Construct?
Animal Person
APRIL 26, 2009
Juluri is referring to something specific: the Supreme Court's examination of First Amendment protection of acts of cruelty to animals. Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to. And the article is worth reading just for that. What do you think?
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