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 …

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 …

Several writers on animal ethics defend the abolition of most or all animal agriculture, which
they consider an unethical exploitation of sentient non-human animals. However, animal …

Skeptics of the moral case against industrial farming often assert that harm to animals in
industrial systems is limited to isolated instances of abuse that do not reflect standard …

Businesses and professions must stay in accord with social ethics, or risk losing their
autonomy. A major social ethical issue that has emerged in the past three decades is the …

The ethics of food production should include philosophical discussion of the condition or
welfare of livestock, including for animals being raised in high volume, concentrated …

Over the past century, animal agriculture in the United States has transformed from a system
of small, family farms to a largely industrialized model—often known as 'industrial farm …

This article explores the cultural and philosophical foundations of factory farming. Modes of
capitalist production play a role: Marx's analysis of the fourfold alienation of labor can be …

The title of Singer's piece is ironic. The factory farm of today is not h pastoral farmyard of
yesterday. In former times, most human being, j, contact with the animals they raised for …

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