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Animal Ethics
MAY 25, 2008
One restriction on the absolutism of man's rule over Nature is now generally accepted: moral philosophers and public opinion agree that it is morally impermissible to be cruel to animals. Controversies no doubt remain.
Animal Person
MAY 30, 2009
If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting ! Perhaps it is the industry's inability to evolve morally that is behind the times. Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely.
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Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 29, 2008
Moral philosophers began to regard it as an obvious truth that it is wrong to treat animals cruelly. It should be observed, however, that if our analysis of the situation is correct, then this change in moral attitude resulted in a restriction of rights rather than an extension of them.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 18, 2006
There are some personal anecdotes I plan on sharing on this site that range from my most recent experience of getting trapped on a hunting trip with my relatives, to an early memory I have of experiencing empathy for the first time with my dog Tabatha. Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong.
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 23, 2009
When it is asked whether animals have rights, and whether human beings have duties to them, the question, I think, is partly moral and partly verbal. Let us consider the moral question first. Similar considerations, I suggest, apply when we ask whether it is proper to say that animals have moral rights.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further. Smith and Donald A.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2015
I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I’m sorry.
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