October 2013
ARZone Podcast 72: David Nibert - Domesecrat…
ARZone Podcast 72 features a return visit with sociologist and activist Prof. David Nibert.
A professor of sociology at Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio, USA, David Nibert is the author of…
Discussion
ARZone Podcast 72: David Nibert - Domesecrat…
2 Likes
Demolishing the Absurd Myth of Complacency w…
In this new essay from Dr. David Sztybel, David questions the logic and implications of a study that suggests that when 10% of the population agree on something, the rest will follow, and whether thi…
Discussion
Demolishing the Absurd Myth of Complacency w…
2 Likes
Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not…
Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not supplant earlier intuitions.
Andrew Shtulman and Joshua Valcarcel
ABSTRACT: When students learn scientific theories that conflict with their earlier, naï…
Discussion
Scientific knowledge suppresses but does not…
3 Likes
April 2013
Who Decides Who Is a Feminist? ~ Tim Gier
Who decides who is a feminist?
Written by Tim Gier
Who decides who is a feminist? I don’t know, but I do know that the answer isn’t as obvious as some might think.
For example, I know that wh…
Discussion
Who Decides Who Is a Feminist? ~ Tim Gier
4 Likes
February 2013
A World Without Suffering ~ An Interview w…
A WORLD WITHOUT SUFFERING?
An interview with David Pearce - by Marcia Rosane
(1) In which sense are abolitionism and veganism important in the construction of a more ethical and solidary society in…
Discussion
A World Without Suffering ~ An Interview w…
3 Likes
ARZone Podcast 63: Melanie Joy - Speaking Tr…
Episode 63 features professor of psychology and sociology, Dr. Melanie Joy. ARZone speaks with Dr. Joy about her recently published article “Speaking Truth to Power” and how the dominant ideology of…
Discussion
ARZone Podcast 63: Melanie Joy - Speaking Tr…
4 Likes
Wanting vs. Expecting ~ Tim Gier
Wanting vs. Expecting
Written by Tim Gier
It’s easy to want something, it’s as easy as a dream. You may want a mansion, I may want a Ferrari, she may want Prince Charming, he may want to kiss Slee…
Discussion
Wanting vs. Expecting ~ Tim Gier
2 Likes
3000 ARZone Members
ARZone Reaches Another Milestone
ARZone would like to welcome our 3000th member, and take this opportunity to thank all of our valued members who, by utilising and contributing to the many resources…
Discussion
3000 ARZone Members
2 Likes
What Comes After The End of Factory Farming?
What comes after the end of "factory farming"? Is there any real point in speaking about ending "factory farming" without addressing veganism or working to end the use of other individuals as "food"?…
Discussion
What Comes After The End of Factory Farming?
3 Likes
Getting A Feeling For Fish: Can They Feel Pa…
Getting A Feeling For Fish: Can They Feel Pain
Written by Dr. Jonathan Balcombe
Two new scientific studies illustrate the current scientific interest in animal pain, and a stark contrast in viewp…
Discussion
Getting A Feeling For Fish: Can They Feel Pa…
5 Likes
January 2013
ARZone Podcast 61: Looking Back, Moving Forw…
In this special Looking Back, Moving Forward podcast, ARZone presents the thoughts of 35 advocates and activists from around the world - looking back on 2012 and moving forward into 2013. We hope you…
Discussion
ARZone Podcast 61: Looking Back, Moving Forw…
7 Likes
Leave No Dolphin Behind: Dolphin Pod Carries…
This video shows a pod of dolphins trying to save their companion. It's quite sad, but I think it shows a small insight into the complex social behaviour, and emotional inner lives of dolphins, and o…
Discussion
Leave No Dolphin Behind: Dolphin Pod Carries…
5 Likes
Defending Animal Rights
Defending Animal Rights by Professor Tom Regan.
In a set of essays that reflects his thinking on animal and human rights over the past decade, Tom Regan sketches the philosophical positions espoused…
Discussion
Defending Animal Rights
4 Likes
Statement From Captain Paul Watson
Statement from Captain Paul Watson
Captain Paul Watson on the bridge of the SSS Steve irwin
Photo: Tim Watters / Sea Shepherd
For the 35 years since I founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society…
Discussion
Statement From Captain Paul Watson
2 Likes
On why you shouldn’t eat meat
On why you shouldn’t eat meat
You wouldn’t smash in the head of a horse with a sledgehammer, if the horse had done you no harm, because you know that smashing its head in with a sledgehammer would b…
Discussion
On why you shouldn’t eat meat
2 Likes
December 2012
More Moral Than You ~ Tim Gier
More Moral than You
Written by Tim Gier
One person, I’ll call her Rita, claims to be more moral than you because she believes that trees and flowers are the sort of thing to which we are morally obl…
Discussion
More Moral Than You ~ Tim Gier
3 Likes
Some Good in the World ~ Tim Gier
some good in the world
Written by Tim Gier
It can be good for someone to sit and watch the sunrise, it can be good to watch the rain. For someone else it can be good to sing a song or two, or read…
Discussion
Some Good in the World ~ Tim Gier
2 Likes
November 2012
ARZone Podcast 56: Jonathan Balcombe - Pleas…
Episode 56 features ethologist, author, public speaker and vegan advocate. Dr. Jonathan Balcombe.
Dr. Balcombe speaks with ARZone about his work with the newly launched Humane Society University, abo…
Discussion
ARZone Podcast 56: Jonathan Balcombe - Pleas…
4 Likes
Review of Gary L. Francione's Animals as Per…
Review of Gary L. Francione's Animals as Persons
Tony Milligan
Introduction: This collection brings together some of Gary Francione’s best known and most controversial essays stretching back over th…
Discussion
Review of Gary L. Francione's Animals as Per…
2 Likes
Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account…
Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account Christine Korsgaard
Please click this link to view and read the .pdf: Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account.
The index of ARZone's online library o…
Discussion
Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account…
1 Like
What is the best definition of Speciesism?:…
What Is Speciesism? Oscar Horta
Abstract: In spite of the considerable literature nowadays existing on the issue of the moral exclusion of nonhuman animals, there is still work to be done concernin…
Discussion
What is the best definition of Speciesism?:…
5 Likes