Can academic philosophers work side by side with policymakers? Martha Nussbaum, a former Brown professor and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of ...

Ethical veganism goes beyond diet to challenge how we think about animals, justice, and our place in the world.

Extremist protesters have made their statements this year with firebombs directed at researchers’ homes, but even students with no penchant for violence voice misgivings about working with animals.

Philosopher examines when it is—and isn’t—okay to hurt animals if it means helping other animals in need A simple, moral principle offers inspiration and motivation to philosopher, ethicist and animal ...

A mini-conference on Animal Ethics: Recent Trends and Future Directions will take place the day before RoME. The Society for The Study of Ethics and Animals (SSEA) will hold the mini-conference, ...

Linzey (Creatures of the Same God), director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, is a soft-spoken hard-liner about animal rights. In this philosophically and theologically dense treatise, cobbled ...

University of Chicago Philosophy Professor Martha C. Nussbaum said that society should grant enhanced legal protections for animals and reconsider the ethical principles governing human-animal ...

AFA copy is a gift from Janet Stanley. "African ethics is primarily concerned with community and harmonious communal relationships. The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and ...

(RNS) — It may appear strange that a Catholic moral theologian (me) would interact with an atheist philosopher who has consistently rejected the sanctity of human life (Peter Singer) while demanding ...

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"It’s essential that when people decide to offer a home—and hopefully their hearts--to another animal they realize the enormity of their responsibility." Dr. Jessica Pierce is a bioethicist who has ...