Timothy Hsiao defends industrial animal agriculture (hereafter, factory farming) from the
“strongest version of the cruelty objection”(J Agric Environ Ethics 30 (1): 37–54, 2017). The …

Timothy Hsiao attempts to defend industrial animal farming by arguing that it is not inherently
cruel. We raise three main objections to his defense. First, his argument rests on a …

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 …

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 …

Critics of industrial animal agriculture (also known as “factory” farming) have argued that its
practices are cruel, inhumane, or otherwise degrading to animals. These arguments …

Humane farming can be defined as the practice of raising animals for food in an
environment that is good for them and where they are killed in a manner that is relatively …

It is widely recognized that our social and moral environments influence our actions and
belief formations. We are never fully immune to the effects of cultural membership. What is …

Abstract David DeGrazia (2009) and Stuart Rachels (2011), among others, offer moral
arguments in favor of adopting a vegetarian diet that have, they claim, broad appeal. Rather …

No other society past or present raises and kills so many animals just for their meat. No other
society past or present has adopted such intensive systems of animal production and …

Abstract In his article 'In Defense of Eating Meat', Timothy Hsiao argued that sentience is not
sufficient for moral status, that the pain experienced by an animal is bad but not morally bad …