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?
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.