81. Animal Ethics: Ci[r]cadian Rhythms
such as cicadas feel pain, so I don't know whether the presumption against inflicting pain applies to them. I do know that it's not always healthy to eat animal products, as this man learned to his chagrin. (Thanks to Ally Eskin of Who
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82. Animal Ethics: Soy Milk
that inflicts terrible pain and suffering on cows. See here and here . There is no need to do this and hence no moral justification for it. Soy products such as soy milk are every bit as good as cow's milk, if not better, and they're
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83. Animal Ethics: Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) on Reasoning to First Principles
as a principle that "all pain of human or rational beings is to be avoided"; and then afterwards may be led to enunciate the wider rule that "all pain is to be avoided"; it being made evident to me that the difference of rationality between two
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84. Animal Ethics: Eating Right
with a hot blade, without pain relief. A chicken's beak is its major organ for interacting with the ground and for picking up seeds or worms, and it is full of nerve endings. Professor Ian Duncan, who holds a chair of animal welfare at the
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85. Animal Ethics: Marian Stamp Dawkins on Animal Suffering
animals may experience "pain," "boredom," "frustration," "hunger," and other unpleasant states perhaps not totally unlike those we experience.This would appear to put scientists in a dilemma. If we insist that such subjective language has no
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86. Animal Ethics: From the Mailbag
determined to shoot it was painful to watch.Bear with me.Many years ago, when I was around eight or nine, I believe that is when I had my first moment of realization that animals deserve fair treatment, and what animal cruelty was. I practically
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87. Animal Ethics: Edward O. Wilson on Biophilia
that animals can suffer pain and distress. From nine to twelve their knowledge and interest in the natural world rises sharply, and between thirteen and seventeen they readily acquire moral feeling toward animal welfare and species
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88. Animal Ethics: Richard Swinburne on Animal Souls
and birds and fish all feel pain. But there is no reason at all to attribute a mental life to viruses and bacteria, nor in my view to ants and beetles. They do not have the kind of brain which we do, nor do we need to attribute feelings and
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89. Animal Ethics: Euthanasia
is terminally ill, in great pain, and desirous of dying. Hastening the person's death is a release from misery. The motive of the person doing the euthanizing is benevolence. We say that we're doing it for your own good—because we love
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90. Animal Ethics: Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) on Duties to Animals
causing them unnecessary pain; but it is questioned whether this is directly due to sentient beings as such, or merely prescribed as a means of cultivating kindly dispositions towards men. Intuitional moralists of repute have maintained this
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