Feelings Without Actions
“Those articles make me sad. They make me feel guilty for eating animals.” This statement was made today by a good friend of mine, in regards to an animal rights article written by my friend, Stephanie...
View ArticleEvolving Into Veganism
Many people find after a lifetime of experiences that they have reached a frame of mind that could be called Vegan. Perhaps being a Vegan was never a goal and perhaps they didn’t even know such a thing...
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Another Heated Debate
There seems to be yet another heated debate between two prominent university professor animal advocates, Gary Francione and Steven Best. The issue is, ostensibly, violence. But it’s not really. It’s a...
View ArticleHedonism And Sacrifice
One vegan claims that vegans’ “lives are motivated by more than mere hedonism.” I’m sure many vegans do not subscribe to hedonism. I’m guessing some do. First, what is hedonism? Here is the description...
View ArticleAt Least Give It A Little Thought
Ethics professor Jeff McMahan writes: “Our own form of predation is of course more refined than those of other meat-eaters, who must capture their prey and tear it apart as it struggles to escape. We...
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A Twisted Ethical Logic
James McWilliams, Associate Professor of history at Texas State University, San Marcos, and author of Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, writes: “It’s...
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The Ultimate Act Of Solipsism
The Atlantic has an article out right now about food politics. Here’s a little snippet from the article: The food movement has taught us to doggedly investigate every facet of our food system. This...
View ArticleSigns Of Progress
Sometimes it’s easy to think that animal advocacy is a fruitless task. We strive to create a world where animals have legal protections and where the laws are enforced, but most of the time we don’t...
View ArticleA Call For Compromise
James McWilliams, a historian and author of Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly has written a multi-segmented piece on abolitionism versus welfarism in his blog...
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Two Kinds Of Vegans
Some people say that veganism is a boycott. They say the reason to be vegan is to lower the demand for animal products and thus encourage the producers of animal products either to: stop producing...
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