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On "The Wild"

Animal Person

The animals on farms are created for the sole purpose of human consumption. Finally, people who object to our moral stance jump species and say we should object to the lion killing the gazelle. Whether lions can do that or not is not something I think about. The choice isn't the wild or the farm. It's not pretty.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us. Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

This brings up the question of how one can distinguish between what is forbidden by lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. Presumably it would include all human beings, whether they are in the habit of eating animals or not. In the case of human beings, the situation is different.

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