Occupation: Philosopher Birth: July 6, 1946
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to….
We are not especially 'interested in' animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many people are….
The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but it is not the only possible evidence, a….
We certainly would resolve the problems of the charities that are working in areas where they can do the most good. So if you consider that the U.S. ….
There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by comme….
Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a significant ….
In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals)..
Probability is the guide of life, and of death, too..
Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products we….
...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior….
So why don't we make ourselves the last generation on earth? If we would all agree to have ourselves sterilized then no sacrifices would be required ….
I do not believe that it could never be justifiable to experiment on a brain-damaged human..
Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I bel….
Suppose I grant that pigs and dogs are self-aware to some degree, and do have thoughts about things in the future. That would provide some reason for….
If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's an important point. That's def….
If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that to the most effective charities you can find….
Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans..
By ceasing to rear and kill animals for food, we can make so much extra food available for humans that, properly distributed, it would eliminate star….
Forests and meat animals compete for the same land. The prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat means that agribusiness can pay more tha….
There are many cases in which gifted children have done great things without special school programs. There are also gifted kids who have been to spe….
An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable..