Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Change Of Heart provides science-based answers to many questions that are hotly debated among animal activists. And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? In the author's words.

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Critter News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Economics, science, literature, film, politics, law, etc. If a meat eater eats meat, but hates the factory farm system or animal experimentation, do we discount anything we can get out of them because they are not "pure." This post is inspired by a thought-provoking piece on the Provoked blog (clearly a good name for a blog!)

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I had a strong interest in science because of its reliance on reason and skepticism, which struck me as very good tools for truth seeking (which is ultimately what I am interested in). When I came across Philosophy, I immediately saw that it was the tree from which the branch of science had grown.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

All those who care about proper nutrition must look at the developing science, which may suggest that diet should be customized: some may need to decrease their consumption of grains and increase their consumption of meat. What is wrong is factory farms. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

The veracity of this statement hinges on Scott's definition of "inhumane," and that definition must be very, very restricted, and clearly unrelated to the realities of our modern factory farm system. What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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