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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

They believe you can take a life that doesn't want to be taken in a humane way, and I don't agree. And when that happens, you know what direction you're headed: the justification of taking the lives of sentient nonhumans to please the palates of humans. It's a cow who--who--lived an allegedly happy life. It is murder.

Slaughter 100
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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 9 of 13

Animal Ethics

So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them. An argument of this type is in fact implicit in Benn’s position, and I will consider it presently. The Argument from Animal Rights A stronger argument is made by people who maintain that animals have rights.

Morals 40
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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

So, if you think that it is wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering and if you are purchasing your meat from any of these sources, what you are doing is morally wrong by your own lights , regardless of the theoretical possibility (but commercial impracticality) of raising animals in a humane way. Running time: 12 Minutes.