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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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Nothing is a courtesy unless it be meant us, and that friendly and lovingly. We owe no thanks to rivers that they…
— Ben Jonson
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When socialism comes into power, the Roman Church will advocate socialism with the same vigor [with which] it is now favoring feudalism…
— August Bebel
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In order to survive, an animal must be born into a favoring or at least tolerant environment. Similarly, in order to achieve…
— Earnest Hooton
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Christians will want to be in the vanguard in favoring ways of life that decisively break with the exhausting and joyless frenzy…
— Pope John Paul II
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The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment,…
— James Madison
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Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk…
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Racists violate the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is…
— Peter Singer
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Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved…
— Frederick Douglass
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How, then, can the feds justify favoring sons of Hispanics over sons of white Americans who fought in World War II or…
— Pat Buchanan
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My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain…
— Neil Postman
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Is there something inside of you that is favoring peace? Because if there is, then congratulations: you are a human being. You…
— Prem Rawat
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Courtroom : A place where Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot would be equals, with the betting odds favoring Judas.
— H. L. Mencken
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