Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others. Are we pinning people down and force-feeding them vegan burritos? Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely.

Veal Crate 100

Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

Animal Person

MAY 13, 2009

We vegans have a lot of feelings associated with why we do what we do and I, for one, find it necessary to do a lot of work around my emotions. I sometimes experience despair thinking about all of the suffering. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics. I sometimes get very angry that so few people seem to care.

Emotional 100

Emotional Vegan Ethics Suffering 100

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

I think this is why I understand the thinking of people who don't want us to use animals but who promote changing the way we use them to decrease their numbers or their suffering. I understand the impulse to do " something " that alters the number of animals created to be used and killed and the suffering of the ones created.

Vegan 100

Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

Animal Person

MARCH 20, 2010

When I started thinking about trying to get the association to cancel the pony rides and petting zoo (which are often part of one business as a quick Google search of " traveling petting zoo " will demonstrate), my several-year vegan husband said, "What's the use? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters.

Zoos 100

Zoos Pets Ponies Cruelty 100

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." Isn't the mere existence of violence and suffering sufficient? What do you think?

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. Most people hold that it is wrong to cause animals unnecessary suffering.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

By carrying out a slaughter system that greatly reduces the suffering of chickens, Bell & Evans and Mary’s Chickens show that animal welfare and good business go hand in hand. While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Los Angeles Ethical Treatment 40

Animal Person

JANUARY 5, 2011

I think part of the original work's problem was that it was too ambitious--not to mention expensive to produce--and everything suffered. That's what I do, and it works, as in--people go vegan and stay vegan.

Animal 100

Animal Cooking Vegan Emotional 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism. But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

If a person cares about what "livestock" experience on their way to becoming "meat," there is one easy, inexpensive action that person can take to make certain s/he is not a party to the various kinds and levels of suffering and injustice the animals experience. That action is to opt out and go vegan.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

To kill Violet Rays so I may eat her (or for any other reason other than to relieve her suffering) would be a betrayal, not to mention unnecessary. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Language animal rights Huffington Post language sentience spirituality veganism William Horden. This is indeed a matter of conscience.

Killing 100

Killing Vegan Buffalo Goats 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 24, 2007

Animals raised in factory farms are treated so horribly that only a person devoid of sympathetic understanding could fail to be outraged by the unnecessary suffering these animals are forced to endure. People who have eaten meat and dairy products their entire lives, often simply can't imagine what vegans eat. Watch out Emeril!

Vegan 40

Vegan Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. And, as noted above, the original divinely-prescribed diet was a vegan diet.

Lacto-Ovo 40

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

These people abstain from eggs and dairy products the production of which involves suffering for the animals. To avoid this complication, Martin should have stipulated that no suffering is involved in the production of animal legs. Suffering is more than pain. Think of the suffering involved in solitary confinement.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Suffering Vegan 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. April 9, 2009 To the Editor: In making the personal decision of where to place ourselves in our ethical relationship with animals, it is important to evaluate the reality of our words. After time in the Marines, I veered strongly away from eating creatures, thinking of their suffering.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Death by Veganism ,” by Nina Planck (Op-Ed, May 21): I am a nutritionist who testified as an expert witness for the prosecution in the criminal trial of the parents of Crown Shakur. As the lead prosecutor in this case told the jury, this poor infant was not killed by a vegan diet. Contrary to Ms.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan 2007 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Niman obscures the well-evidenced connection between veganism and environmentalism. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn., Contrary to Ms.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

To that extent, he will be not only a vegetarian, but also a vegan, one who abstains not only from meat but also from animal products. One might of course defend the consumption of animal products, while opposing the eating of meat, on the ground that killing a steer, say, produces more suffering than separating a cow from her calf.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Morals Cows 40

Animal Person

DECEMBER 22, 2009

For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand. We, atheists and vegans, ask: What do we know to be true, and what are we going to do about it? Though we don't know the extent to which plants experience any kind of suffering, we do know that sentient nonhumans experience pain, pleasure, boredom and frustration.

Vegan 100

Vegan Ethics Adoptable Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

Two varieties of moral vegetarianism can be distinguished: lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. Lactovo and vegan moral vegetarianism can be subdivided into what might be called new and old or traditional moral vegetarianism. Each argument has an audience.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I say "if you know someone" because this isn't a book I'd recommend to vegans for their vegan education efforts. The vegans I know would probably find it a bit maddening, and here's why: We aren't sure whether Foer is a vegan. You never have to wonder if the fish on your plate had to suffer. Not great, but good.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

This brings up the question of how one can distinguish between what is forbidden by lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. Second, intervening in predator-prey relationships to prevent suffering by (or death to) the prey is pointless, since it will cause the predator to suffer and die.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Lions 40

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. And that means for the animal rights movement: Social entities like compassion, empathy and suffering are very important factors to motivate humans to change their behaviour. How about this? I assume Francione does not disagree.

Psychology 100

Psychology Campaign Animal Rights Movement Suffering 100

Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Today it is a different situation, i learned from then about respecting animals and my life has been devoted to ending their suffering and torment. Note that ARAN is "vegan-based" according to the video from Supreme Master Television on the site. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Animal Rights Rights Ireland 100

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

Therefore, one of the many things we need, aside from the obvious of more vegan parents, is a line of nonspeciesist books for each age/stage. There might be a handful of PeTA efforts around suffering, and there is " That's Why We Don't Eat Animals ," but what we need is a series--a franchise that makes veganism appealing.

Gorillas 100

Gorillas Pets Vegan Speciesism 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

If you are already a vegetarian, make this the year that you decide to go vegan. If you are serious about losing weight and improving your health, try out a cruelty-free vegan diet for three months. You can download a "Vegan Starter Kit" from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine here.] There's more!

Rights 40

Rights Animal Cruelty Vegan Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

If you are serious about losing weight and improving your health, try out a cruelty-free vegan diet for three months. One beauty of a low-fat vegan diet is that you can eat as much vegan food as you like and still lose weight. There's more!

2007 40

2007 Rights Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. causing a decline in U.S. milk production.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 7, 2011

But what I do is "imposing" or "forcing" veganism and atheism on my child. That she might suffer tremendously in her life, and that the Being With Ultimate Power is actually doing her a favor by making her suffer. By choosing her to suffer in the manner in which she suffers. He has his reasons.

Suffering 100

Suffering Vegan Raised Ethics 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning. If they have a right to life because they have a self-concept, they surely also have a right to die and the right to suffer pain in the process if they desire. What is forbidden meat?

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40