The Right about Wrongness … (07/31/15)
Sometimes questions of morality can get a little “thick” & confusing, so I’m going to break it all down and make Right Action really simple — What human ethics essentially boils down to is the following: It is Good to maintain &/or enhance the quality of sentient life, and it is not Good to selfishly […]
Who Cecil was — who you ARE … (07/30/15)
Killing Cecil wasn’t wrong becasue he was a lion, and it wasn’t wrong because he was a member of an endangered species, and it wasn’t wrong becasue he suffered for 40 hours before being “put out of his misery”, and it wasn’t wrong because someone beheaded him after after he was finally shot, and it […]
Cecil — and All the rage … (07/29/15)
Most of you have heard the latest outrage: that a 13 year old lion named Cecil — the alpha male of a pride of lions (including up to 24 cubs, most of whom will now probably be killed by rival adult males) in Zimbabwe — was recently killed by a dentist from Minnesota. And you […]
The Moral Minimum … (07/28/15)
There are quite a few excellent articles out there about becoming animal activists — about taking the sorely needed step from passive veganism to courageous advocacy, and yet if you are not into reading them in their entirety, here is a three sentence summation that applies to each & every one: If you see a […]
Drinking something else … (07/28/15)
That’s right … There truly is a slice of terrified baby calf — suffering from immense pain & fear — in every single glass of milk you drink … So PLEASE, my dear Friends, try drinking something else today for a change — something that doesn’t contain the chemical aftershocks of terror & mourning & […]
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