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Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all.


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All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.



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If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?



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Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.



If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.



Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.



Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced.

Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced.



Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.



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Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.





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