10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2014
It’s always risky to say what separates humans from other animals — tool use, self-awareness, and the perception of morality no longer being as obvious a set of distinctions as they once were – but I will go out on a limb and say that narrative is at least as characteristic of humans as feathers are of birds.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2019
To be called Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo – what does this do to the morale of a species? Want to see a bird shaped like an egg? If you like this kind of information – and who wouldn`t – I recommend the website where I found this, [link]. A Little Pied Flycatcher , presumably waiting to catch a fly. A Long-tailed Sibia.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 8, 2009
For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. If a genetically engineered animal’s legs periodically fell off, would not its legs be more like a product of an animal (analogous to eggs) than a part of the animal? Would the blood be analogous to milk or eggs? KBJ: Agreed.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? The campaign to moralize meat has largely been a failure. All day long.
Animal Person
JULY 22, 2009
Or bake some vegan cookies for a vegetarian friend who's convinced that she cannot survive without eggs and butter. I'm not talking about morality here, I'm talking about language. And the real question is, is there thought--or is there morality-without language? I think that vegan is worth fighting for as a word.
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. You will, therefore, agree with Martin about moral vegetarianism but not about Christianity. Another reason is moral. One is health.
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