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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

Maybe author Sy Montgomery is right when she says that “birdwatchers often look down on falconry,” and maybe not. She herself is a vegetarian, one of the sort that mourns even roadkill. As a writer, Montgomery is reader-friendly – not simple or facile, but with the skill to construct a good story.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Chickens Hunting Falcons

Moral Vegetarianism, Part 9 of 13

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Animal Rights A stronger argument is made by people who maintain that animals have rights. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life. The subject is a large and controversial one.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

A third of a century ago, when the modern animal-liberation movement was in its infancy, Martin published an essay entitled “A Critique of Moral Vegetarianism,” Reason Papers (fall 1976): 13-43. I suspect that many readers of this blog are Christians but not vegetarians. The contrast would be, for example, “health vegetarianism.”

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Would they have the right to treat you as you treat animals you breed, keep, and kill for food? Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. KBJ: The following three propositions are inconsistent: 1.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. SOME PROBLEMS OF MORAL VEGETARIANISM With respect to traditional moral vegetarianism some problems immediately come to the fore. Who Should Not Eat Meat, or What Does a Vegetarian Feed His Dog? KBJ: Martin cannot be serious.

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On The Goode Family and Infiltration

Animal Person

MAY 28, 2009

Another opportunity for infiltration (heh, heh, heh) has presented itself on Intent.com , which has a " Food and Nutrition " page that already has posts about mindful eating and vegetarianism. One complaint many of us have with "liberals" and "progressives" is that they tend to leave veganism and animal rights out of their sphere of concern.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view.

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Meat Grown in a Petri Dish?

Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

It could mean not only an end to killing animals for food, but also significantly aid the fight against climate change. They come from the same source right? Tags: meat meat alternatives vegetarian meatless. They haven't been able to actually taste the pork they've grown because of lab rules. This would be great. Da da da da!

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H. J. McCloskey on Animal Rights

Animal Ethics

MAY 4, 2008

The issue as to who or what may be a possessor of rights is not simply a matter of academic, conceptual interest. If, for instance, it is determined that gravely mentally defective human beings and monsters born of human parents are not the kinds of beings who may possess rights, this bears on how we may treat them.

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On Wearable "Roadkill"

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Angus sent me a link to " Animal Parts: High Style of Just Plain Beastly " wherein Zosia Bielski reports that "hipsters are going whole hog, donning road kill as accessories and cow hooves on their feet.". This isn't about what's morbid or what's not, and what's art and what's not.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

Interviewer: "Are you a vegetarian?". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. If you kill animals or pay someone to do so for you, you support animal cruelty. Contestant: "Nope. Well, sort of.

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On Going Vegan

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Some go vegetarian first, then vegan. Then there's me, going vegetarian then vegan, and then eating filet mignon and salmon for a year before going vegan again, and my husband who went vegan overnight after being an omnivore for 38 years. You are paying someone to create a being for your use and enjoyment, and then kill that being.

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Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Animal Person, Part 2

Animal Person

MAY 24, 2010

From the vegan equals vegetarian discussion, to the nonviolence does or doesn't include property damage, to certain abolitionists deciding that they are in fact the only real abolitionists, it has gotten comical. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language abolition animal rights blogging veganism vegetarianism writing.

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Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting

Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2011

Hal Herzog writes about how many people who say they are vegetarians will also say they ate meat within the last 24 hours. And of course, many self-identified vegetarians eat fishes and/or chickens. Right after all of the love in the world for the chickens of the barnyard. You say a prayer and Poof! Oooo, pick me, pick me!

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease.

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On Children's Books, Introverts & Films

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2010

Next, a fellow introvert e-mailed me describing herself as extremely awkward socially as well as invisible and having social anxiety, and asking where/how she might be useful to the animal rights movement. I wrote about " The End of the Line " over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression, so I won't rehash. Finally, two films.

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Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

It is asking the burger-stuffer to come clean ; to show just why it is that his greed should be indulged in this way, and just where he fits into the scheme of things, that he can presume to kill again and again for the sake of a solitary pleasure that creates and sustains no moral ties. Duty requires us, therefore, to eat our friends.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals.

New York Times

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Let's deconstruct: The interview reminds me of how the industry views us and how little they know about the community of people who care about the lives of the animals brought into this world for one reason only: to kill and eat them. I wish their mission was to end animal agriculture.

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A Self-Interested Reason to Not Eat Meat

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Here are just a few facts drawn from the column: Drug-resistant infections killed more than 65,000 people in the U.S. Protect your own health and the future effectiveness of antibiotics: Go vegetarian in 2010! last year—more than prostate and breast cancer combined. 70% of the antibiotics used in the U.S. Contact your U.S.

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R. G. Frey on the Principle of the Equal Consideration of Interests

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 7, 2008

According to Singer , the principle of the equal consideration of interests 'requires us to be vegetarians'. This is a moral principle, and states that 'the interests of every being affected by an action are to be taken into account and given the same weight as the like interests of any other being'.

Factory Farm

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington.

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Introducing Myself

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong. I simply believe that when animals are killed it ought to be for a good purpose, and in a manner that is respectful to their capacity to suffer. Also, I am not a vegetarian, though I attempted to be one last year (an experience I plan on posting about).

Factory Farm

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? In my 40s, I became a vegetarian because I was saving sick and injured birds, and I just couldn’t eat them and save them. That’s right, for me—but it may not be for others.

New York Times

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

As a recent convert to vegetarianism, I found that it reinforced my feeling that the eating of living, thinking, emotional creatures is just plain wrong. Since our food is delivered to us on a bun or in big bags of frozen parts, it’s easy to eat it and not think about what it was or how it was killed. To the Editor: Nicholas D.

New York Times

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning.

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing

On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian." But why does he say "vegetarian?" That bothers me, as there's a significant difference in motivation for vegans and vegetarians and he sounds like one, yet calls himself the other. Imagine being served a plate of sushi. This is very silly.

Factory Farm

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 7 of 13

Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Similarly, although there are differences between human beings and other animals, there are no moral differences that justify human beings’ killing and eating animals but not killing and eating one another. If not, why not?

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Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing

Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Consequently, one ought not to eat meat.

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

Moral Vegetarianism, Part 9 of 13

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On The Goode Family and Infiltration

Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Meat Grown in a Petri Dish?

H. J. McCloskey on Animal Rights

On Wearable "Roadkill"

Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

On Going Vegan

Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Animal Person, Part 2

Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting

Reasons Consistently Applied

On Children's Books, Introverts & Films

Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat

From Today's New York Times

On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

A Self-Interested Reason to Not Eat Meat

R. G. Frey on the Principle of the Equal Consideration of Interests

Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Introducing Myself

From Today's New York Times

From Today's New York Times

Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Moral Vegetarianism, Part 7 of 13

Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

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