Animal Person

MAY 13, 2009

We vegans have a lot of feelings associated with why we do what we do and I, for one, find it necessary to do a lot of work around my emotions. It is, however, a tool that has demonstrated, positive effects on the human brain. I sometimes experience despair thinking about all of the suffering.

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Emotional Vegan Ethics Suffering 100

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

I didn't like the idea of the cloud for categories at first, but now I do because it's a great visual tool to determine what someone's focus (including mine) is. That's a far more useful tool than categories (not that they're the same thing). Lesson #20 We still don't know what will make a critical mass of people go vegan.

Vegan 100

Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

Related articles by Zemanta Rooks can use tools 'just like chimps' (guardian.co.uk). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Language animal rights Culture Ecology Ethology speciesism The Left veganism. Why can we talk? Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com). Chimp 'showed malice aforethought' (guardian.co.uk).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Morals Humane Vegan 100

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Is it possible that videos of open rescue or undercover videos taken of vivisection could be somehow lumped in with snuff and other vile videos and considered unacceptable (and don't think that wouldn't be intentional), therefore taking an important tool away from activists? What do you think?

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Even the most ardent defenders of the morality of using animals for food and as “tools” in scientific experiments admit that premises (1) and (2) are true and acknowledge that (1) and (2) capture something central to our moral relationship to animals.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40