Analyses
The myth of species
For David Olivier, the concept of species only possesses the fundamental value we attribute to it because it is the key to the ideological system that accompanies it.
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Taking the basic interests of fish seriously
Although more and more people are speaking out against the injustice happening in slaughterhouses, we tend to forget the floating abattoirs we usually call “fishing boats”.
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Meat consumption and domination marking
Over the last few decades, people have become increasingly sensitive towards animals in general and behaviours are slowly beginning to change. This unfortunately hasn’t translated into any kind of improvement for the vast majority of animals.
Analyses
The case for realistic radicalism
By criticising humanism, we could be throwing the baby out with the bathwater, or in any case, that the general public might think we are. David Olivier believes that this fear is largely well-founded.
Analyses
On superiority
Equality simply means that if we treat individuals differently, or give them different rights, it should be for specific reasons other than social class, race, sex or species.
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Humanism and the promotion of a natural order
David Olivier exhaustively deconstructs the speciesist-humanist ideology, demonstrating that it can exist only on a foundation of assumptions about innate natures and essences that have long been debunked by science.
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Taste and murder
We are not simply or passively immersed in natural or social culinary traditions or taste preferences, and we do not cling to our practices solely by “force of habit” or inertia – rather, these practices have meaning for us, a specific significance to which we are actively committed.
Analyses
The Animal Liberation Movement : its Philosophy, its Achievements, and its Future
What are the ideas behind the animal liberation movement, and where is it heading? In this essay Peter Singer tries to answer these questions.
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For a compassionate Rebellion against Extinction
As our civilisation faces monumental threats to its existence, it’s time to embrace an ethic of non-violence and care towards all sentient beings