Critter News

OCTOBER 15, 2009

. — A 27-year-old man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her pet fish has been sentenced to two years probation and a psychological evaluation. The woman fled, then returned to find her fish on the floor with a knife through it. His attorney, Tom Macnair, said stabbing the fish was “a very low point” in his client’s life.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Clearly, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and fish do not consent to being eaten. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten? What is forbidden meat?

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. But it is not implausible to suppose that, for many people, going without meat will have less psychological meaning and consequently strengthen their resolve less than wearing buttons and signing petitions. KBJ: I’m speechless.

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