Any attempt to justify our exploitation of non-humans based on their lack of “human” characteristics begs the moral question by assuming that certain characteristics are special and justify differential treatment. READ ON
Sentience and the Personhood of Nonhuman Animals
Four Reasons Why We Should Not Model Our Food Choices on What Other Animals Eat
Some argue that since nonhuman animals eat other nonhumans in the wild, our use of animals is “natural.” There are four responses to this position. First, although some animals eat READ ON
Why Veganism Must Be the Baseline
In 2007, I wrote a newspaper editorial, which was republished in 2009, arguing that Michael Vick’s dog fighting was, as a moral matter, no different from our consuming animal products. READ ON
Sentience, According to Gary Francione
The concept of sentience in non human animals and humans seems to be largely misunderstood today, and yet it is critical to our understanding of the social justice movement for READ ON
