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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

Animal Person

Steve Best's verbal presentation of his ideas sometimes irks me. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Language animal rights Culture Ecology Ethology speciesism The Left veganism. It's over-the-top, for me, and I often resent the time I must spend working through the ranting. Chimp 'showed malice aforethought' (guardian.co.uk).

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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. This one gives us a look inside the mind of the vivisectionist, Daniel Engber. Maybe on paper. Part IV: Brown Dogs and Red Herrings.

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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. It would be argued that to suppose that a bird’s life is less valuable than a human life is a form of speciesism, a doctrine of prejudice analogous to racism and sexism.

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On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

I'm sure intelligence was in there somewhere, but the fact is that gorillas are presented as more important and more human than other animals, therefore they are worthy of saving. Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. I put this out there to you all because I'm not that person.

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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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