COVID-19 and Food Justice
Now is the perfect time to rethink our relationship with meat — the industry behind it and the baggage that comes with it.
The Immorality of Nonhuman Police Officers
As many police practices come under increasing scrutiny, we must consider the role of nonhuman animals in police forces.
Stories of Vulnerability: COVID-19 in Slaughterhouses
The current crisis has provided a new context to evaluate our relationship to meat and the machinery that produces it. Can we justify the cost of this "vital" labor?
Time for a Paradigm Shift: COVID-19 and Human Consumption
The current crisis should persuade us to reconsider our relationship to the natural world.
Should You Eat Baby Yoda?
What properties or characteristics might explain our different intuitions about the edibility of nonhuman creatures?
Is the “Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act” a Step in...
Recent federal legislation aimed at safeguarding animal welfare and criminalizing torture and cruelty promises much and delivers little.
Animals as Entertainment: Some Notes on Animal Bullying
From wildlife selfies to zoos, our use of animals for entertainment purposes often betrays an inability to take on another's vantage.
The Ethics of Chimeric Research
Developing human/non-human embryos for research and organ transplant raises tough questions about the value of human life and the politics of species taxonomy.
The Endangered ‘Endangered Species Act’
Roll-backs and deregulation concerning 'threatened' species raise questions about the weighing of human and animal interests.
Moral Standing and Human/Non-human Hybrids
Research involving animal embryos that have human cells requires us to revisit our standards regarding moral status.