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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for. If the goal is not moral perfection for ourselves, but the maximum benefit for animals, half-measures ought to be encouraged and appreciated. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov.

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Consistency

Animal Ethics

I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I Surely that counts for something, morally. Am I a hypocrite? I believe there are.)

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Turkey

Animal Ethics

It's been 25 years to the day since I ate turkey. Consequently, no turkey has suffered or died on my account for the past quarter century. Does the fact that you can't solve the problem of human suffering mean that you shouldn't do whatever you can to prevent and alleviate human suffering? Surely not. You're one person.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished.

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Combined Beats’ list

10,000 Birds

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Kaziranga NP. 21 Feb 2016.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Oare Marshes KWT Reserve.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

10,000 Birds

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. 24 Apr 2016. 24 Apr 2016.

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