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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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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
— Honore de Balzac
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The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
— Ben Jonson
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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…
— Peter Singer
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and…
— Richard Dawkins
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Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.
— Calvin Trillin
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Orangutans teach us that looks are not everything-but warned near it.
— Will Cuppy
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Every culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express…
— Gregory Colbert
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Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And…
— Chris Noth
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Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying…
— Jane Goodall
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I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me…
— Joaquin Phoenix
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'The demon cried, waving its furry arms above his head like a demented orangutan.
— Jana Oliver
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Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out…
— Terry Pratchett
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