The Trans Rights Issue: Equality Claims and Belief Claims
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by Gary L. Francione
5M ago
Note: Principle Five of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights maintains human rights and nonhuman rights are inextricably intertwined and that: Abolitionists reject all forms of human discrimination, including racism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, ableism, and classism—just as they reject speciesism. Many Abolitionists have asked me about what the Abolitionist position is about transphobia. The answer […] Related posts: Woke Animal Rights Means No Animal Rights, Part 2: Wokeabulary Veganism: It’s Not Just a Animal Rights Issue Human Rights and Animal Rights: Perfect Together You Can’t Ma ..read more
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ESSAY ON VEGAN PHILOSOPHY PUBLISHED IN THINK
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by Gary L. Francione
5M ago
My essay, Are You a Vegan or Are you an Extremist?, published in Think (Cambridge University Press/The Royal Institute of Philosophy) is now available online. Related posts: “Philosophy Bites” Audio Interview on Abolition Published My Interview On Philosophy Bites Vegan Philosophy in Spain! Guest Essay: Dear Vegan Feminists, Where Are You? An Open Letter Essay on Domestication and Pet Ownership ..read more
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Animal Advocacy and Effective Altruism: A Review of ‘The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does’
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by Gary L. Francione
5M ago
By Prof. Gary Francione Effective Altruism (EA) maintains that those of us who are more affluent should give more to solve the problems of the world, and we should give to the organisations and individuals who are effective at solving those problems. There are a not inconsiderable number of criticisms that can be and have […] Related posts: Effective Animal Rights Advocacy—in Three Easy Steps Upcoming Abolitionist Approach Podcast on Effective Animal Rights Advocacy: A Preview The Death of Activism and the Rise of Branding Spectacle in Animal Advocacy Violent Imagery in Animal Advocacy Animal ..read more
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Is Eating Plants as Morally Objectionable as Eating Animals?
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by Gary L. Francione
1y ago
On my Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages, I often receive comments to the effect that we cannot morally distinguish animal foods from plant foods. Some comments are made by those who maintain that plants are sentient and, therefore, are not morally different from sentient nonhumans. This argument, which ranks up there with “But Hitler was a vegetarian,” is tiresome, pathetic, and […] Related posts: A Frequently Asked Question: What About Plants? Eating Animals: Our “Choice”? “Happy Meat:” Making Humans Feel Better About Eating Animals Is the Domestication of ..read more
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Why I Did Not Sign the Montreal Declaration on Animal Exploitation
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by Gary L. Francione
1y ago
I was invited on several occasions to sign the Montreal Declaration on Animal Exploitation. I appreciate that the drafters asked me to sign but, for the following reasons, I am unable to do so. First, the Declaration Does Not Reject All Animal Use What is the end — the ultimate goal — envisaged by the Declaration? The Declaration purports to seek […] Related posts: Enabling Animal Exploitation The Problem: “Animal Advocates” Who Promote Animal Exploitation Welfare Reform Campaigns, Single-Issue Campaigns, and Animal Exploitation: Perfect Together Blessing Exploit ..read more
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The Zouma Brothers Have Been Sentenced. Now What About the Rest of Us?
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by Gary L. Francione
1y ago
West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma pled guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act by kicking and slapping his cat and causing the cat “unnecessary suffering.” His brother, Yoan Zouma, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge, filmed the incident and was accused of abetting, counselling or procuring Kurt to violate the law. Kurt was sentenced to do 180 hours of […] Related posts: Kurt Zouma and All Nonvegans and Benedict Cumberbatch: Perfect Together THE RSPCA SHOULD PROSECUTE ITSELF The Logic of a Vegan Diet “Unnecessary” Suffering and Death Some Clear Thinking About Animal Welfa ..read more
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Abortion and Animal Rights
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by Gary L. Francione
2y ago
I advocate for the rights of animals. I argue that, if animals have moral value and are not just things, we are obligated to stop using animals as resources. It’s not just a matter of not causing animals to suffer. Although sentient (subjectively aware) animals certainly do have a morally significant interest in not suffering, […] Related posts: Animal Rights and Slavery/Rape Analogies Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and the Slavery Analogy Short Videos on Animal Rights, Rights vs. Welfare, Animals as Property Abolitionist Animal Rights/Abolitionist Veganism: in a Nutshell Woke Animal Rights M ..read more
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THE RSPCA SHOULD PROSECUTE ITSELF
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by Gary L. Francione
2y ago
The RSPCA is starting the process of prosecuting West Ham United’s Kurt Zouma for slapping and kicking his cat, and his brother, Yoan, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge, for filming the incident. What the Zoumas did was clearly wrong. They inflicted harm on the cat without any justification; the cat was not threatening them in any […] Related posts: Viva! vs. the RSPCA…And Don’t Forget the “Donate” Button Kurt Zouma and All Nonvegans and Benedict Cumberbatch: Perfect Together Who Is an “Animal Abuser”? A Most Misleading Label Partners in Exploitation ..read more
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Do We Have an Obligation to Eat Animals? No.
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by Gary L. Francione
2y ago
The history of human thinking about animal ethics is littered with a great many examples of smart people engaging in reasoning that is anything but smart in order to justify continuing to exploit animals. Indeed, animal ethics provides what might be the greatest example of how self-interest — in particular gustatory self-interest — can deaden […] Related posts: Killing Animals and Making Animals Suffer Resolution #2 for 2010: Stop Vegan Bashing “Farmed Animals” vs. “Farm Animals” NEW BOOK: ADVOCATE FOR ANIMALS! AN ABOLITIONIST VEGAN HANDBOOK It’s Time for a Change ..read more
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Kurt Zouma and All Nonvegans and Benedict Cumberbatch: Perfect Together
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by Gary L. Francione
2y ago
English Premier League football player Kurt Zouma is in big trouble. He kicked and slapped one of his cats. He has been fined £250k by West Ham, the team for which he plays. The cat he kicked and slapped, and another cat he has, were taken from him by the RSPCA, which is investigating him […] Related posts: Postmodern Feminism and Animal Welfare: Perfect Together Human Rights and Animal Rights: Perfect Together Welfare Reform Campaigns, Single-Issue Campaigns, and Animal Exploitation: Perfect Together UNDERSTANDING THE WELFARIST POSITION Who Is an “Animal Abuser ..read more
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