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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.

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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. KBJ: There are two types of rights: autonomy rights, which protect autonomy, and welfare rights, which protect interests. But this says nothing about whether animals have welfare rights.

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