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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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Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in the 'he…
— Ani DiFranco
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Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
— Stephen King
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You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to…
— Thomas Sankara
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It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to…
— George H. W. Bush
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If you turn your back on these people, you yourself are an animal. You may be a well-dressed animal, but you are…
— Ed Koch
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Claim your place in the sun and go forward into the light. The tools are there; the path is known; you simply…
— Terence McKenna
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To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree…
— Alistair Begg
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Do you not know that you are Eve? The judgment of God upon this sex lives on in this age; therefore, necessarily…
— Tertullian
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In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd.
— Mike Mentzer
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This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If…
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
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I think if you get the opportunity to try and become the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and you turn your…
— Ricky Hatton
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It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?
— Lea Salonga
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