It is important to understand that there are significant differences among those who regard themselves as vegans.

One important difference is between those who maintain that veganism is merely a way of reducing suffering, and those who maintain that it is a fundamental commitment to justice, nonviolence, and a recognition

of the moral personhood of nonhuman animals.

The difference between these two groups is not merely a matter of…

Transcript of Shannon Keith’s Live ARZone Guest Chat

6 March 2010

6pm US Eastern Time

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Question everything this culture says, throw off the chains of harming and stealing from fish, birds, and other mammals, and join the vegan celebration!

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The “Luxury” of Death

New Book Coming Soon!

My newest book, The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?, will be published by Columbia University Press in May. In the first

section, I defend the abolitionist approach. In the second…

Animal Rights Enters The Mainstream

By Nick Pendergrast

After decades of animal welfare campaigns and very little real change, the

movement to end animal use completely is gathering speed, writes Nick

Pendergrast

The title of this article may confuse some people. You may…

Abolitionism versus New Welfarism: A Contrast in Theory and Practice

“Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don’t harass them, don’t deprive them of their happiness, don’t work against God’s intent.” – Fyodor
Dostoevsky

Photo: Ben Heine

What the eff is a veg*n? Adults spell out their political views and so can animal advocates

Veganism: Morality, Health, and the Environment

At least five times a week, I get some version of the following question:

In arguing for veganism, should we stay with just the moral argument…

On Violence

Dear Colleagues:

Unfortunately, there are people who identify themselves as animal advocates who claim that the solution to the problem of animal exploitation is violence.

Some of these people have actually engaged in acts of violence against institutional exploiters. Others incite acts of violence by calling on people to use “intimidation” against animal exploiters…

We may become irate that someone would even suggest that our mother’s loving meals and our father’s barbecues were a form of indoctrination. Our mother and father didn’t intend to indoctrinate us, just as their

parents didn’t intend to indoctrinate them. Nevertheless, our old

herding culture, primarily through the family and secondarily through

religious, educational,…

Transcript of Bruce Friedrich’s ARZone Guest Chat

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