ethics

Satisfy Your Soul

April 30, 2012 ethics
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When the world and its religions can’t quite satisfy your soul, and the hymns and prayers and chanting sound like one droll rigmarole…

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The Myth of Eco-Friendly Animal Products

April 29, 2012 ethics
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What do “humanely-raised”, “free-range”, “grass-fed”, “organic” or “cruelty-free” animal products really mean for the environment?

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“Dog, Horse… It’s Good Food for Us”

April 23, 2012 ethics
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Dog = Family Member. Lamb = Food. So we have been taught.

To the vast majority of people, animals are judged edible and inedible according to irrelevant characteristics.

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Ode to Joy

March 31, 2012 ethics
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When I was five years old, I unhappily discovered that I was the only girl in my kindergarten class who didn’t have a middle name.  Feeling deprived of what I perceived to be an important clue to my identity, I asked my mother why.  She wisely explained that the reason she didn’t give me one at birth [...]

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What’s Wrong with Backyard Eggs?

March 31, 2012 ethics
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As we look more closely at the reality of the backyard chicken trend, it becomes increasingly clear that it is the same commodification of animals, packaged in niche marketing to appeal to the modern “conscious consumer”.

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Freedom’s New Frontier: A Guide to Animal Rights

March 31, 2012 ethics
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Shifting away from the common belief that other animals are renewable resources will lead to a new perception that recognizes animals as the conscious, feeling, innocent individuals they are.

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Comfortably Unaware: Why Every Environmentalist Should be Vegan

March 30, 2012 ethics
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Everyone has heard of Global Warming, but Global Depletion is much less known. As vast as Global Warming may seem, it is only a small piece in the growing puzzle of Global Depletion, which refers to the loss of all of Earth’s renewable and non-renewable resources. … One of the few books that captures the [...]

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A Newer Age

February 29, 2012 ethics
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The vegan evolution will inspire a heightened spiritual awareness, purify the body, and make possible personal and planetary healing unprecedented in human history.

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Vitamin D and Lanolin

February 29, 2012 ethics
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A number of common foods are enriched with vitamin D without specifying which form of the vitamin they contain or how it was derived. And, as opaque as this may already seem, some companies that manufacture and distribute vitamin D supplements have demonstrably confused ideas of what the term vegan actually means.

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Opposition Confirms My Purpose

February 29, 2012 ethics
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Aside from simply being on the justifiable side of a cause, a major reason that social justice movements of the past succeeded was persistence.

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