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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans. It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

Some of the arguments I will present are not worked out in detail, and no detailed criticisms of any one provegetarian argument will be given. In recent years another type of justification has been given: vegetarianism has been justified in terms of human suffering, rights, etc. My examination will not be complete, of course.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 7 of 13

Animal Ethics

The Argument from Speciesism If there is some doubt whether the arguments from monkeys and from glass walls should be considered moral arguments, there can be no doubt about the moral import of the argument from speciesism. Just as racism and sexism are to be morally condemned, so is speciesism.

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