Do Insects Matter?
On what grounds might we justifiably distinguish between those with interests and those without them?
Is It Time to Show the Lobster a Bit of Respect?
Is an animal's experience of pain the best (only?) metric by which to justify our treatment of them?
The Ethics of Animal Dis-Enhancement
We need to interrogate the realities that demand we sacrifice our moral ideals and live with second-best solutions.
Under Discussion: Can In Vitro Meat Help Fix What Cattle Ranching...
Do the harms of industrial agriculture make the switch to lab-grown meat a moral necessity?
Under Discussion: Animal Dignity and Cultured Meat
Does the very existence of lab-grown meat encourage us to continue to discount animal interests?
Under Discussion: Aristotelian Temperance and Cultured Meat
Lab-grown meat might lessen the instances of animal cruelty, but its invention also betrays an inability to keep our appetites in check.
Elephants Are People Too
Under what conditions might a creature to become a rights-bearer? Who should get to decide?
Moral Problems with Mink Production
Is the potential threat to human life and harm done to animals enough to overcome business interests and property rights?
Pet Ownership and the Ethical Perils of Domination
In what ways does our position in relation to domesticated animals place additional duties of care upon us?
Reintroducing the Gray Wolf
What obligation do we have to restoring and preserving ecosystems and does that obligation extend to include predators?