Tag: animal rights
Pushing Insect Welfare
Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it.
The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy
Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense.
Top Medical Journal Demands “Ecological Equity”
This isn’t some outlier bioethicist or animal-rights activist being given a few pages of ink.
Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?
While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases.
The Law Society in UK Endorses “Nature Rights”
In other words, we should redefine our self-understanding as being just another species in the forest.