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Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of…
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The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop…
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We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of…
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I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather…
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If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the…
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Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not…
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People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable…
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There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by…
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It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used…
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As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty.…
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With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail…
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...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have…
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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask…
— Harry Browne
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Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
— Lord Byron
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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
— Lord Byron
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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool…
— Benjamin Carson
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Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who…
— Noam Chomsky
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I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
— Helen Clark
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I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.
— Thomas Paine
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Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the…
— Laozi
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I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as…
— Sybille Bedford
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I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in…
— Ezra Cornell
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I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size…
— Mindy Kaling
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