Arguments for veganism don't make many vegans, or even many who think they ought to be
vegans, at least when they are written by philosophers. Those written by others-such as …

Scientists will soon be able to grow human-transplantable organs in pigs. This paper
focuses on the question of whether it is morally permissible to eat genetically altered pigs …

If non-human animals have high moral status, then we commit a grave moral error by eating
them. Eating animals is thus morally risky, while many agree that it is morally permissible to …

I argue that factory farming should be abolished consistent with the principles of classical
liberalism. To make my case, I first argue that anti-cruelty is a commitment of classical …

According to a common view, animals have moral status. Further, a standard defense of this
view is the Argument from Consciousness: animals have moral status because they are …

Forty-seven years ago, in 1975, Peter Singer published Animal Liberation, the book largely
responsible for initiating the animal rights movement. On a theoretical level, Singer argued …

This chapter presents a critical overview of the debate about Kant's 'indirect duty'approach to
animal ethics. According to Kant's view, we have no duties 'towards' animals, but only …

I defend a new argument against raising and killing sentient non-human animals for food: It
is immoral to non-lethally impair sentient non-human animals for pleasure, and since raising …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the significant role of the concept of cruelty to animals
with regard to its application in the current meat-debate. Even those philosophers who do …

In this paper, we argue on the basis of the intuitive use of the term 'patient'in everyday
language that the veterinary concept of the animal patient is not intrinsically linked with the …