Animal Exploitation—The War AnalogyIn my public talks over the years, I’ve frequently focused on how other animals are treated by the major animal abuser industries—commercial animal agriculture, biomedical research, entertainment businesses, including circuses and greyhound racing, for example....READ MORE
The Case for Animal RightsHow to proceed? We begin by asking how the moral status of animals has been understood by thinkers who deny that animals have rights. Then we test the mettle of their ideas by seeing how...READ MORE
Animals Are Not Our TastersWE ARE NOT THEIR KINGS Heaven forbid that we should do to humans what now is being done to other animals. But heaven help us to stop doing these things to these animals. The last...READ MORE
But for the Sake of Some Little Mouthful of Flesh…Most people like animals. Cats and dogs are favorites. But the good feelings many people have for whales and dolphins, baby seals and elephants show that even wild animals can come within the mantle of...READ MORE
The Animal Rights PositionThe other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us....READ MORE
The Moral Basis of VegetarianismTom Regan, professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University, first published his classic “The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism” in 1975. In his subsequent book All That Dwell Therein (University of California Press, 1982), he tells us...READ MORE
The Future of Animal RightsThank you so very much Professor Battaglia for your kind introduction. Thanks as well to others who have made this event possible, Antonio Monaco and Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, in particular. It is my great pleasure...READ MORE
Causing Animal Pain, Taking Animal LifeDecent people everywhere oppose cruelty to animals. When it is inflicted on them at the hands of human agency, the pain they experience must be justified. That someone enjoys making animals suffer does not rise...READ MORE
Vegan ChoiceIn the invitation extended to me on this occasion I was asked to address vegan choice. Now, at least in my experience, different vegans understand veganism differently. Some are inclined to think of it as...READ MORE
Criminalizing VivisectionAnimals are used in laboratories for three main purposes: education, product safety testing, and experimentation, including medical research. Unless otherwise indicated, my discussion is limited to their use in harmful, nontherapeutic experimentation or research (which,...READ MORE
