Animal Person
APRIL 1, 2010
I realize that in writing about "old speciesism" I failed to define this term that Dunayer uses. I think of "old speciesism" as analogous to racism and sexism in that it is exploitation based on species. The advocacy component of old speciesism isn't the campaign to end that exploitation, however.
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
The outcome: "worship of human beings." What a fitting addition to discussions about speciesism! You don't hear much about it as a religious practice but it's probably what aliens would conclude about us after a stroll past department store windows!
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Animal Person
JUNE 1, 2009
But " Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism " is a great look back at how we humans have managed to always find a way to consider ourselves unique, despite what the reality of the nonhuman world tells us. Here are some of my favorite passages. [S]ince
Animal Person
JANUARY 27, 2010
It seems like the answer to most questions/responses to most issues is one of these: Speciesism. Yes, it is hypocritical (speciesism), but who said that we either protect humans or animals? It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. Where do people get that idea?
Animal Person
MAY 2, 2009
From and article by: Ms T Baker Co-ordinator, www.greytexploitations.com (which has that fabulous Racism=Speciesism=Sexism graphic on its front page) Dougie is the third greyhound in as many months – which we know of – to have been subjected to this kind of attack but sadly, he was the only one to survive.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
But the message remains the same, and it's the only such message available in film to my knowledge (and please let me know of any others): there's simply no way to kindly, politely, "humanely" take someone's life when you don't need to. Perhaps the best feature of the film is the various voices telling a similar story. For all of us.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2009
In recent years another type of justification has been given: vegetarianism has been justified in terms of human suffering, rights, etc. People who care only about humans, for example, will not be persuaded by “old” vegetarian arguments, for those arguments rested on concern for animals. Each argument has an audience. He is analyzing.
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