Minds and Matter
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Everything that seems to have a mind also has a body made of flesh and blood. But…
Pet Ethics
November 6, 2022
Many of us, even the staunchest animal activists, usually take it for granted that keeping…
Nonhuman Rights
November 24, 2019
Human rights—like freedom from discrimination and slavery— are fundamental rights and freedoms that every person…
Captivity
April 9, 2017
Whether it’s people incarcerated in prisons, or animals confined in zoos, aquariums, laboratories, farms, and…
The Moral Lives of Animals
May 29, 2016
From Aristotle and Kant to Hume and Darwin, philosophers and scientists have long denied the…
Animal Minds
December 21, 2008
People have strong but divergent opinions about the nature of animals’ minds. Do dogs make…
Progress and the Environment
January 3, 2006
Does the value of preserving our environment conflict with the development of a world community…
Animal Rights
May 11, 2004
We shouldn’t be mean to animals. Is that because animals have rights, like people do?…
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