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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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He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is…
— Celia Thaxter
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Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms of the…
— Florence Nightingale
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When he grew old, Aristotle, who is not generally considered a tightrope dancer, liked to lose himself in the most labyrinthine and…
— Michel de Certeau
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In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes…
— Anthony Storr
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If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
— Judith Martin
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At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. ... I had not imagined that there was…
— Bertrand Russell
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He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally…
— Jim Butcher
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Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is…
— Lois McMaster Bujold
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I stopped the blade two inches before it touched Andrea’s neck. Because she was my best friend, and sticking knives into your…
— Ilona Andrews
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Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.
— Craig Brown
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Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits.
— Roger Mudd
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