Animal Person

APRIL 29, 2009

In her blog yesterday she wrote of her experience accepting the award, and who she thanked and didn't thank. She expressed her gratitude for those she kills in her book, as well: "When I first ate a meal from one of our lambs, I thought I'd be upset, since it'd been so hard to take them to the abbattoir.

Sheep 100

Sheep Slaughter Slaughtered Lamb 100

Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

That is, they contribute to increasing, in the long run, the quantity of satisfaction which an individual experiences. But enlightened public opinion in human society approves of man's carnivorous behavior. The moral issue, when a man eats lamb chops, is not: Does he gain more value than the lambs have lost by dying so young?

Lamb 40

Lamb Fowl Morals Animal 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 3, 2007

When Jesus died on the cross, He didn't just save us humans—He died for the animals, too. Prior to Jesus' death on the cross, animal sacrifices were a common and vital part of every family's worship experience. Lambs, goats, birds were sacrificed at home, at temples and on altars themselves.

Lamb 40

Lamb Goats Humane Animal 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Even the most ardent defenders of the morality of using animals for food and as “tools” in scientific experiments admit that premises (1) and (2) are true and acknowledge that (1) and (2) capture something central to our moral relationship to animals. Premise (7) is clearly true, but don’t take my word for it.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2010

I refuse to eat pork, but eat grass-fed beef when I am making Persian food, and certain forms of chicken and lamb with other ethnic foods I consume. If a person is in a discipline in which he or she is attempting to understand a culture or wants to experience a culture, vegetarianism is nearly impossible. And why limit it to food?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Lamb Animal Welfare Meat 40