Animal Person

APRIL 29, 2009

Well, she apparently did such a great job convincing the folks at the Minnesota Book Awards that you can claim to love animals and then send them to slaughter, that not only was she a finalist for their award, but she won it. In her blog yesterday she wrote of her experience accepting the award, and who she thanked and didn't thank.

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

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. Running time: 12 Minutes. Premise (7) is clearly true, but don’t take my word for it.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40