TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society. This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the

term was coined.

ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL WELFARE, AND THE SLAVERY ANALOGY Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and the Slavery Analogy. Many vegans become irritated with non-vegans who claim to care morally about animals but who continue to consume them. The former will often invoke an analogy to human slavery. It goes like this: we all agree that the use of humans exclusively as resources—the condition known as human ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES The analogy is most sharply focused on the mechanisms of oppression—not just the resulting suffering. That focuses on the analogy with animal rights rather than animal welfare. The essentialist vegans think the slavery analogy is all about the suffering of the slaves. That is incorrect. I have always been critical of welfarist/new welfarist IS VEGANISM ELITIST? NO. BUT NONVEGANISM IS! It involves the idea of according less moral value to the “inferior.”. As 2 seconds of thinking make clear, veganism is not elitist in any way. On the contrary. Veganism is about rejecting the idea that it’s morally acceptable to exploit sentient nonhumans because they are “inferior.”. Nonvegans believe in the “inferiority” of THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” The Unfortunate Racism of Some “Animal Lovers”. November 3, 2014 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from A NOTE ON MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA Our moral schizophrenia, which involves our deluding ourselves about animal sentience and the similarities between humans and other animals, and an enormous amount of confusion about the moral status of nonhumans, is a phenomenon that is quite complicated and has many different aspects. Some people think that by using the term, I am IF YOU ARE NOT A VEGAN, I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU You may think that it is peculiar that some people are vegans — that is, they don’t eat, wear, or use animals. You may even regard veganism as extreme. A CLASSIC OF “MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA” A Classic of “Moral Schizophrenia”. October 28, 2007 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. A central theme of my work for the past decade or so has been the exploration of our cognitive confusion—our “moral schizophrenia”—when it comes to nonhuman animals. Recently, I commented on how entertainer Ellen Degeneres sobbed on her

television

COMMENTARY #1: VEGETARIANISM AS A “GATEWAY” TO VEGANISM In this first Commentary, I discuss whether we should promote vegetarianism as a “gateway” to veganism. I conclude that the answer is “no.”. The bottom line: if you are a vegetarian, you are still complicit in animal suffering; you are still complicit in animal

killing.

“WHY VEGANISM?” BY EVA BATT (1908–1989) Although all through the ages there have been many people living a strictly vegetarian existence for one reason or another, it was not until 1944 that a few enthusiastic total vegetarians (later to call themselves vegans) met in London to exchange knowledge gained through personal experience of living on a diet which excluded not only flesh, but all dairy products (milk, butter, cheese, yogurt TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society. This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the

term was coined.

ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL WELFARE, AND THE SLAVERY ANALOGY Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and the Slavery Analogy. Many vegans become irritated with non-vegans who claim to care morally about animals but who continue to consume them. The former will often invoke an analogy to human slavery. It goes like this: we all agree that the use of humans exclusively as resources—the condition known as human ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES The analogy is most sharply focused on the mechanisms of oppression—not just the resulting suffering. That focuses on the analogy with animal rights rather than animal welfare. The essentialist vegans think the slavery analogy is all about the suffering of the slaves. That is incorrect. I have always been critical of welfarist/new welfarist IS VEGANISM ELITIST? NO. BUT NONVEGANISM IS! It involves the idea of according less moral value to the “inferior.”. As 2 seconds of thinking make clear, veganism is not elitist in any way. On the contrary. Veganism is about rejecting the idea that it’s morally acceptable to exploit sentient nonhumans because they are “inferior.”. Nonvegans believe in the “inferiority” of THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” The Unfortunate Racism of Some “Animal Lovers”. November 3, 2014 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from A NOTE ON MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA Our moral schizophrenia, which involves our deluding ourselves about animal sentience and the similarities between humans and other animals, and an enormous amount of confusion about the moral status of nonhumans, is a phenomenon that is quite complicated and has many different aspects. Some people think that by using the term, I am IF YOU ARE NOT A VEGAN, I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU You may think that it is peculiar that some people are vegans — that is, they don’t eat, wear, or use animals. You may even regard veganism as extreme. A CLASSIC OF “MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA” A Classic of “Moral Schizophrenia”. October 28, 2007 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. A central theme of my work for the past decade or so has been the exploration of our cognitive confusion—our “moral schizophrenia”—when it comes to nonhuman animals. Recently, I commented on how entertainer Ellen Degeneres sobbed on her

television

COMMENTARY #1: VEGETARIANISM AS A “GATEWAY” TO VEGANISM In this first Commentary, I discuss whether we should promote vegetarianism as a “gateway” to veganism. I conclude that the answer is “no.”. The bottom line: if you are a vegetarian, you are still complicit in animal suffering; you are still complicit in animal

killing.

“WHY VEGANISM?” BY EVA BATT (1908–1989) Although all through the ages there have been many people living a strictly vegetarian existence for one reason or another, it was not until 1944 that a few enthusiastic total vegetarians (later to call themselves vegans) met in London to exchange knowledge gained through personal experience of living on a diet which excluded not only flesh, but all dairy products (milk, butter, cheese, yogurt ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH May 18, 2021 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. For the past thirty or so years, I have developed what has come to known as the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights. One aspect of that theory rejects the status of animals as chattel property and maintains that we are morally obligated to abolish, and not merely regulate, the use of

animals

TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH “Why Veganism?” by Eva Batt (1908–1989) Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society.This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the term was coined.In the decades that followed, Batt made major contributions ONLY SENTIENCE MATTERS Only Sentience Matters. Animals Who Are Almost Human, part of an online psychology program, provides a perfect example of reinforcing the seriously problematic notion that the cognitive capacities that matter morally are humanlike ones–and not just sentience, or subjective awareness. To the extent that we link the moral status of

animals with

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND ANIMAL INGREDIENTS A compounding pharmacy is the perfect place to help vegans avoid animal ingredients even when they need to take a pharmaceutical product. The compounding pharmacist can obtain the active ingredient and use non-animal fillers and binders, all in a vegan capsule. The animal testing involved in the pharmaceutical industry which is, of

course

THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” The Unfortunate Racism of Some “Animal Lovers”. November 3, 2014 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from KILLING ANIMALS AND MAKING ANIMALS SUFFER Killing Animals and Making Animals Suffer. The basis of the animal welfare movement, stretching from its inception in the 19th century until the present day, is that animal use is itself acceptable because animals do not have an interest in continuing to live. According to welfarists, nonhuman animals are not self-aware and cognitively A NOTE ON MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA Our moral schizophrenia, which involves our deluding ourselves about animal sentience and the similarities between humans and other animals, and an enormous amount of confusion about the moral status of nonhumans, is a phenomenon that is quite complicated and has many different aspects. Some people think that by using the term, I am A CLASSIC OF “MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA” A Classic of “Moral Schizophrenia”. October 28, 2007 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. A central theme of my work for the past decade or so has been the exploration of our cognitive confusion—our “moral schizophrenia”—when it comes to nonhuman animals. Recently, I commented on how entertainer Ellen Degeneres sobbed on her

television

THE GREAT APE PROJECT: NOT SO GREAT In 1993, a number of scholars collaborated on a book of essays entitled The Great Ape Project (GAP). The book was accompanied by a document, “A Declaration on Great Apes,” to which the contributors subscribed. The Declaration states that the great apes “are the closest relatives of our species” and that these nonhumans “have

mental

“PETS”: THE INHERENT PROBLEMS OF DOMESTICATION My answer to this purely hypothetical question is “no.”. We cannot justify the perpetuation of domestication for the purpose of keeping “pets.”. Domesticated animals are dependent on us for everything that is important in their lives: when and whether they eat or drink, when and where they sleep or relieve themselves, whether they get ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH May 18, 2021 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. For the past thirty or so years, I have developed what has come to known as the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights. One aspect of that theory rejects the status of animals as chattel property and maintains that we are morally obligated to abolish, and not merely regulate, the use of

animals

TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society. This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the

term was coined.

ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL WELFARE, AND THE SLAVERY ANALOGY Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and the Slavery Analogy. Many vegans become irritated with non-vegans who claim to care morally about animals but who continue to consume them. The former will often invoke an analogy to human slavery. It goes like this: we all agree that the use of humans exclusively as resources—the condition known as human TREATING HUMANS AND NONHUMANS “LIKE ANIMALS” It is often the case that, when a human is mistreated by other humans, the claim is made that the victim was treated “like an animal.” What is meant by this expression is that the victim has not been treated with any recognition of their moral value. ONLY SENTIENCE MATTERS Only Sentience Matters. Animals Who Are Almost Human, part of an online psychology program, provides a perfect example of reinforcing the seriously problematic notion that the cognitive capacities that matter morally are humanlike ones–and not just sentience, or subjective awareness. To the extent that we link the moral status of

animals with

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES The analogy is most sharply focused on the mechanisms of oppression—not just the resulting suffering. That focuses on the analogy with animal rights rather than animal welfare. The essentialist vegans think the slavery analogy is all about the suffering of the slaves. That is incorrect. I have always been critical of welfarist/new welfarist THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” The Unfortunate Racism of Some “Animal Lovers”. November 3, 2014 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from IS VEGANISM ELITIST? NO. BUT NONVEGANISM IS! It involves the idea of according less moral value to the “inferior.”. As 2 seconds of thinking make clear, veganism is not elitist in any way. On the contrary. Veganism is about rejecting the idea that it’s morally acceptable to exploit sentient nonhumans because they are “inferior.”. Nonvegans believe in the “inferiority” of KARL LAGERFELD HAD A POINT: IF YOU ARE NOT VEGAN, WHY DO I am an advocate for animal rights. I have been a vegan for 36 years. I do not eat, wear, or otherwise use animals. Karl Lagerfeld, who died on February 19, 2019, was, perhaps, the most famous fashion designer

in the world.

“PETS”: THE INHERENT PROBLEMS OF DOMESTICATION My answer to this purely hypothetical question is “no.”. We cannot justify the perpetuation of domestication for the purpose of keeping “pets.”. Domesticated animals are dependent on us for everything that is important in their lives: when and whether they eat or drink, when and where they sleep or relieve themselves, whether they get ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH May 18, 2021 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. For the past thirty or so years, I have developed what has come to known as the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights. One aspect of that theory rejects the status of animals as chattel property and maintains that we are morally obligated to abolish, and not merely regulate, the use of

animals

TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society. This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the

term was coined.

ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL WELFARE, AND THE SLAVERY ANALOGY Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and the Slavery Analogy. Many vegans become irritated with non-vegans who claim to care morally about animals but who continue to consume them. The former will often invoke an analogy to human slavery. It goes like this: we all agree that the use of humans exclusively as resources—the condition known as human TREATING HUMANS AND NONHUMANS “LIKE ANIMALS” It is often the case that, when a human is mistreated by other humans, the claim is made that the victim was treated “like an animal.” What is meant by this expression is that the victim has not been treated with any recognition of their moral value. ONLY SENTIENCE MATTERS Only Sentience Matters. Animals Who Are Almost Human, part of an online psychology program, provides a perfect example of reinforcing the seriously problematic notion that the cognitive capacities that matter morally are humanlike ones–and not just sentience, or subjective awareness. To the extent that we link the moral status of

animals with

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES The analogy is most sharply focused on the mechanisms of oppression—not just the resulting suffering. That focuses on the analogy with animal rights rather than animal welfare. The essentialist vegans think the slavery analogy is all about the suffering of the slaves. That is incorrect. I have always been critical of welfarist/new welfarist THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” The Unfortunate Racism of Some “Animal Lovers”. November 3, 2014 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from IS VEGANISM ELITIST? NO. BUT NONVEGANISM IS! It involves the idea of according less moral value to the “inferior.”. As 2 seconds of thinking make clear, veganism is not elitist in any way. On the contrary. Veganism is about rejecting the idea that it’s morally acceptable to exploit sentient nonhumans because they are “inferior.”. Nonvegans believe in the “inferiority” of KARL LAGERFELD HAD A POINT: IF YOU ARE NOT VEGAN, WHY DO I am an advocate for animal rights. I have been a vegan for 36 years. I do not eat, wear, or otherwise use animals. Karl Lagerfeld, who died on February 19, 2019, was, perhaps, the most famous fashion designer

in the world.

“PETS”: THE INHERENT PROBLEMS OF DOMESTICATION My answer to this purely hypothetical question is “no.”. We cannot justify the perpetuation of domestication for the purpose of keeping “pets.”. Domesticated animals are dependent on us for everything that is important in their lives: when and whether they eat or drink, when and where they sleep or relieve themselves, whether they get TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH “Why Veganism?” by Eva Batt (1908–1989) Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society.This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the term was coined.In the decades that followed, Batt made major contributions BOOKS – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation. Gary L. Francione Columbia University Press, 2008. Purchase: Amazon.com | Columbia University Press A prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory, Gary L. Francione is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, his abolitionist theory of animal rights, and his promotion of ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES The analogy is most sharply focused on the mechanisms of oppression—not just the resulting suffering. That focuses on the analogy with animal rights rather than animal welfare. The essentialist vegans think the slavery analogy is all about the suffering of the slaves. That is incorrect. I have always been critical of welfarist/new welfarist HOW I LEARNED TO HATE AUTUMN I used to love the autumn. For a good part of my adult life, I lived in New York City. Although New York has experienced hotter summers in recent years, the reality is that New York summers have always been unpleasant.Garbage strikes and subways cars without air conditioning made them worse, but they were never great. WHO IS AN “ANIMAL ABUSER”? If you eat animal products, especially “higher welfare” products approved by the RSPCA, you are not an “animal abuser” — according to RSPCA (source: this essay). An interesting feature of the animal welfare approach is that it depends on arbitrarily labeling some conduct affecting animals as “abuse” so that the vast majority of people who participate directly in other animal IF YOU ARE NOT A VEGAN, I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU You may think that it is peculiar that some people are vegans — that is, they don’t eat, wear, or use animals. You may even regard veganism as extreme. LES DROITS DES ANIMAUX : L’APPROCHE ABOLITIONNISTE Cela changera le monde. Les défenseurs des droits des animaux ne devraient jamais promouvoir ou soutenir aucune forme d’exploitation animale, tout comme les défenseurs des droits humains ne feraient jamais la promotion du fait de marchandiser ou tuer des êtres humains afin d’en sauver d’autres. A WELFARIST DREAM COME TRUE: THE ANIMAL ABUSE REGISTRY Dear Colleagues: Imagine you want to find a single-issue campaign that will allow you to fundraise endlessly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so that you (and, more important, your donors) can “help the

animals.”

AFTER 30+ YEARS, MORRISSEY GOES VEGAN BUT CALLS VEGANISM Morrissey has finally recognized–after three decades of collecting royalties from Meat is Murder–that all animal products are murder.. Morrissey made this announcement on the Larry King Show.And he made very sure to reinforce the idea that being vegan is anything but a

moral imperative.

PETER SINGER, HAPPY MEAT, AND FANATICAL VEGANS Peter Singer, Happy Meat, and Fanatical Vegans. April 29, 2009 / in Blog / by Gary L. Francione. Dear Colleagues: In a recent interview, Peter Singer makes a number of statements that, in my view, indicate just how sharp the difference is between the new welfarist or protectionist approach and the abolitionist approach. First, he

states:

ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Part 1 of this essay is here. Our social discourse is peppered with a great many words that reflect various aspects of woke culture. Let’s consider three that appear frequently in discussions about animal ethics and consider examples from that context. ONLY SENTIENCE MATTERS Animals Who Are Almost Human, part of an online psychology program, provides a perfect example of reinforcing the seriously problematic notion that the cognitive capacities that matter morally are humanlike ones–and not just sentience, or subjective awareness.. To the extent that we link the moral status of animals with cognitive characteristics beyond sentience, we continue the ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL WELFARE, AND THE SLAVERY ANALOGYHISTORY OF SLAVERY WORLDWIDESELECTIVE BREEDING SLAVERY Many vegans become irritated with non-vegans who claim to care morally about animals but who continue to consume them. The former will often invoke an analogy to human slavery. THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH TO ANIMALTHE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENTLIST OF BLACK ABOLITIONISTSWHAT ABOLITIONIST

MEANS

Principle One. Abolitionists maintain that all sentient beings, human or nonhuman, have one right—the basic right not to be treated as the

property of others.

THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from what non-vegans support and participate directly in every single day. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES Ever since the early 1990s, I have been arguing that the regulation of animal exploitation is not only immoral (if it is morally wrong to exploit animals, it is wrong to promote the supposedly “humane” exploitation of animals), but is, as a practical matter, doomed to failure because the property status of animals means that animal interests can never prevail over the interests of human KILLING ANIMALS AND MAKING ANIMALS SUFFER The basis of the animal welfare movement, stretching from its inception in the 19th century until the present day, is that animal use is itself acceptable because animals do not have an interest in

continuing to live.

IS VEGANISM ELITIST? NO. BUT NONVEGANISM IS! A purported objection to veganism I’ve heard about 12 million times: “But veganism is elitist.” What complete nonsense. Elitism involves promoting a perceived superiority of some sort. “PETS”: THE INHERENT PROBLEMS OF DOMESTICATION As a practical matter, there is simply no way to have an institution of “pet” ownership that is consistent with a sound theory of

animal rights.

KARL LAGERFELD HAD A POINT: IF YOU ARE NOT VEGAN, WHY DOKARL LAGERFELD COLOGNE DISCONTINUEDKARL LAGERFELD GLASSESKARL LAGERFELD OFFICIAL SITEKARL LAGERFELD OUTLETKARL LAGERFELD PERSONAL LIFE I am an advocate for animal rights. I have been a vegan for 36 years. I do not eat, wear, or otherwise use animals. Karl Lagerfeld, who died on February 19, 2019, was, perhaps, the most famous fashion designer

in the world.

ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Part 1 of this essay is here. Our social discourse is peppered with a great many words that reflect various aspects of woke culture. Let’s consider three that appear frequently in discussions about animal ethics and consider examples from that context. ONLY SENTIENCE MATTERS Animals Who Are Almost Human, part of an online psychology program, provides a perfect example of reinforcing the seriously problematic notion that the cognitive capacities that matter morally are humanlike ones–and not just sentience, or subjective awareness.. To the extent that we link the moral status of animals with cognitive characteristics beyond sentience, we continue the ANIMAL RIGHTS, ANIMAL WELFARE, AND THE SLAVERY ANALOGYHISTORY OF SLAVERY WORLDWIDESELECTIVE BREEDING SLAVERY Many vegans become irritated with non-vegans who claim to care morally about animals but who continue to consume them. The former will often invoke an analogy to human slavery. THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH TO ANIMALTHE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENTLIST OF BLACK ABOLITIONISTSWHAT ABOLITIONIST

MEANS

Principle One. Abolitionists maintain that all sentient beings, human or nonhuman, have one right—the basic right not to be treated as the

property of others.

THE UNFORTUNATE RACISM OF SOME “ANIMAL LOVERS” I posted an essay from this site on Facebook concerning Andre Robinson, the man who kicked the cat named King, and who faces anticruelty charges in New York. The point was simple: What Andre Robinson did was terrible but was no different from what non-vegans support and participate directly in every single day. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SLAVERY/RAPE ANALOGIES Ever since the early 1990s, I have been arguing that the regulation of animal exploitation is not only immoral (if it is morally wrong to exploit animals, it is wrong to promote the supposedly “humane” exploitation of animals), but is, as a practical matter, doomed to failure because the property status of animals means that animal interests can never prevail over the interests of human KILLING ANIMALS AND MAKING ANIMALS SUFFER The basis of the animal welfare movement, stretching from its inception in the 19th century until the present day, is that animal use is itself acceptable because animals do not have an interest in

continuing to live.

IS VEGANISM ELITIST? NO. BUT NONVEGANISM IS! A purported objection to veganism I’ve heard about 12 million times: “But veganism is elitist.” What complete nonsense. Elitism involves promoting a perceived superiority of some sort. “PETS”: THE INHERENT PROBLEMS OF DOMESTICATION As a practical matter, there is simply no way to have an institution of “pet” ownership that is consistent with a sound theory of

animal rights.

KARL LAGERFELD HAD A POINT: IF YOU ARE NOT VEGAN, WHY DOKARL LAGERFELD COLOGNE DISCONTINUEDKARL LAGERFELD GLASSESKARL LAGERFELD OFFICIAL SITEKARL LAGERFELD OUTLETKARL LAGERFELD PERSONAL LIFE I am an advocate for animal rights. I have been a vegan for 36 years. I do not eat, wear, or otherwise use animals. Karl Lagerfeld, who died on February 19, 2019, was, perhaps, the most famous fashion designer

in the world.

ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Part 1 of this essay is here. Our social discourse is peppered with a great many words that reflect various aspects of woke culture. Let’s consider three that appear frequently in discussions about animal ethics and consider examples from that context. TEXT – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH “Why Veganism?” by Eva Batt (1908–1989) Written for Here’s Harmlessness: An Anthology of Ahimsa, first published in 1964 by the American Vegan Society.This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the vegan movement. Eva Batt, residing in England, became a vegan in 1954, just ten years after the term was coined.In the decades that followed, Batt made major contributions QUOTES – ANIMAL RIGHTS THE ABOLITIONIST APPROACH Quotes by Gary L. Francione. Adopt/Foster – Advocacy – The Animal “Movement” – Animals & Us – Animals As Property – Equality – Feminism – “Humane” Exploitation – Is Veganism a Matter of “Choice?” – Is Veganism “Elitist?” – Is Veganism “Extreme?” – Journeys / Baby Steps – Love – Meatless Monday – Natural – Nonviolence – Personal Purity THE GREAT APE PROJECT: NOT SO GREAT If you have been involved in the animal rights movement for any length of time—indeed, if you have contributed only to one animal organization in your entire life—you probably receive a seemingly endless number of fundraising solicitations. VEGANISM: HISTORY, CONTEMPORARY VIEWS, AND COMMON This brief essay, translated into Spanish, will be included in the new edition of the Diccionario de Filosophía (J. Ferrater Mora):. VEGANISM. Veganism, as a matter of diet that may reflect broader ethical concerns, refers to the practice of not consuming meat, DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE (DXE): VEGAN ADVOCACY IS “HARMFUL You can just see how engaged the patrons of Chipotle are with this “direct action.” And if someone at one of these DxE protests should ask one of the DxErs what to do to as a practical matter, they won’t be advised to go vegan and promote veganism to others–they’ll be THE FAILURE OF ANTICRUELTY LAWS We are still hard at work redesigning the Web site. We are very excited about it and we hope that you will like it and find it useful in your abolitionist advocacy. PETER SINGER: “OH MY GOD, THESE VEGANS…” In the ongoing debate between those who promote the abolitionist approach and those who promote the welfarist approach, some of the welfarists claim that they support veganism so there is, in reality, little difference between the two approaches on the matter of eating and using animal products. BANNED BY THE VEGAN SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING VEGANISM Related posts: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Vegan Society “Ambassador” Claims That Promoting Veganism as a Moral Baseline “Damages” Animals TEORÍA SOBRE LOS DERECHOS DE LOS ANIMALES Exposición de diapositivas | Español; PDF | Español; El profesor Francione ha desarrollado una teoría sobre los derechos de los animales que se fundamenta, únicamente, en la capacidad para sentir (“sentience”) de los no humanos y que requiere la abolición, y

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GUEST ESSAY FROM MACROBIOTIC PIONEER, MARLENE WATSON-TARA: “GO VEGAN – IT’S EASY” August 19, 2018/in Blog

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We are very happy to present a guest essay–Go Vegan – It’s Easy, from Marlene Watson-Tara, International Author and Teacher of Macrobiotics & Human Ecology. Marlene, and her partner, Bill Tara, are pioneers of the Macrobiotic movement. They have developed a vegan macrobiotic approach called MACROVegan. ********** GO VEGAN – IT’S EASY Our Vegan Advocacy

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Someone sent me this as one of the many examples of opportunistic so-called “animal advocates” who fall over themselves in a mad dash to say that animal exploitation is really okay while they hold their hands out for donations: Imagine someone saying: “Most of the time, I am not a bigot. But I’m not perfect

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That’s an easy question. The answer is: Absolutely not. The reason is simple: cultured meat involves taking cells from living animals; it also involves growing those cells in an animal medium, such as fetal serum from calves or horses. So animals are killed in the process of producing cultured meat. If you believe that animals

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Dear Friends: Here is a podcast that Anna Charlton and I did on an easy way to start a conversation about veganism. ********** If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it’s also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence

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Dear Friends: Here is a podcast that Anna and I did on the misuse of “Abolition”. ********** If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it’s also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence to yourself. If animals

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Dear Friends: Here is a podcast that Anna and I did on Anthony Bourdain. I was sitting too far away from the device. The dogs were walking around the room. We will do better! ********** If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it’s about nonviolence to other

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Many of those who are new to thinking about animal ethics get very upset when I say that a group or individual is “new welfarist.” Part of the problem is that these people do not know the history of the animal movement or understand the various ideologies involved. Indeed, many of them reject out of

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