Animal Ethics

MARCH 27, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. ARGUMENTS FOR MORAL VEGETARIANISM A variety of arguments have been given for vegetarianism. Sometimes they take such a sketchy form that it is not completely clear they are moral arguments.

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Vegetarian Morals Monkeys Meat 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

The bird foraged on fruit in the upper understory, moving the vegetation almost as much as a monkey does. The sleeping Long-billed Curlew that Mary and I espied at the salt ponds of Punta Morales. Since I rarely see one, enjoying views of a male in the buffer zone of Braulio Carrillo National Park with two clients was fantastic.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. 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.

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Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 1, 2010

If an animal has the relevant moral capacities, actually or potentially, then it can be a possessor of rights. The evidence available to date about the rational capacities of animals is far from complete, but to date it appears to be decidedly unfavourable to the view that any animals possess the relevant moral capacities.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Part V: Me and My Monkey. He talks about "My research monkey," Clayton, and what he did to Clayton, and writes as if Clayton didn't mind at all. Engber returned recently to the "monkey room" where Clayton was kept when Engber used him for research years ago and to his surprise, Clayton was still there. But not shocked enough.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey. After sensing that no other monkeys saw him tumble, he marched off, back high, head and tail up, as if nothing had happened. Is this moral? He stood up and quickly looked around. Heinrich seems to think it is.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2017

Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Monkey Mia. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui. casa botania. 20 Jan 2017. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus. riparian zone route 254.

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