Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

hours on I-95 (we here in South Florida are known for our very limited public transportation options--boy do I miss NYC). While spending hours in the car I've been thinking about various issues related to sentient nonhumans, animal rights and veganism. And vegans are accused of imposing our belief systems and brainwashing kids?

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2009

For example, Oprah (or Kristof) said: "At the peak of the transatlantic slave trade, 80,000 slaves were transported from Africa to the new world. And 99% of the population (as in, 1%, I believe, are vegans) doesn't care. Today, more than 10 times as many women are being forced into brothels or other forms of slavery."

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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. And there are ethical reasons for becoming vegetarian. Ethical synergy at work.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering. While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering. McDonald’s, are you listening?

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism. They are alive and well.

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