21. Human Beasts of Prey and Fellow-Suffering, by Richard Wagner
to slay the animals and feed upon their flesh and blood; and that
this compulsion was no mere consequence of his removal into colder
climes, as those assert who deem the consumption of animal-food in
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22. Logic of the Larder, by Henry S. Salt
the life of
animals doomed to the slaughter is of a far lower quality than it
would be if the same animals were either entirely wild, or
domesticated to some rational purpose by friendly association
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23. Carnivorous Callousness, by David Hartley
to
our fellow animals; and philosophy has of late discovered such
numberless orders of small animals in parts of diet formerly
esteemed to be void of life, and such an extension of life into
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24. A Defense of Bentham, by John Stuart Mill
against cruelty to animals, is in Dr. Whewell's eyes
the finishing proof that the morality of happiness is absurd!
The pleasures
of animals are elements of a
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25. The Case for Animal Rights, by Tom Regan
however,
some animals are the objects of the sentimental interest of
others. You, for example, love your dog or cat. So those animals
that enough people care about (companion animals, whales, baby
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26. Images of Death and Life: Food Animal Production and the Vegetarian Option, ...
the lesser wrongs done to animals. Rejecting animal
exploitation as ethical vegetarians saves us from the perilous
acrobatics involved in dividing animals into two moral categories:
animals that it is
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27. Humans, Nonhumans and Personhood, by Robert W. Mitchell
that some
animals can satisfy criteria for verbal communication, we can now
look for evidence of self-consciousness in these animals, with its
attendant sense of moral responsibility.
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28. Higher Laws, by Henry David Thoreau
and spend my day more as the animals do.
Perhaps I have owed to this employment and to hunting, when quite
young, my closest acquaintance with Nature. They early introduce
us to and detain us in scenery
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29. The Dubious Right to Eat Flesh, by William Paley
of Moral and Political Philosophy , Boston: Richardson & Lord, 1825, pp. 76-78
pdf version
By the General Rights of
Mankind, I mean the rights which belong to the species
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30. Ambiguous Apes, by Raymond Corbey
from eating animals who are close to us, such as dogs and other
companion animals, while some other animals are killed for
pleasure. Apart from carrying the usual animal connotations, many
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