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Someone. Not something.

April 18, 2015 /0 Comments/in , , /by

www.abolitionistapproach.com I want to consider a number of questions about animal rights that I have confronted over the years. These are questions that have come up repeatedly, and they seem to appear whether the forum is in the United States or abroad, in Western nations or in non-Western nations, or whether the audience is composed […]

Every sentient being values his or her life…

April 18, 2015 /0 Comments/in , , /by

www.abolitionistapproach.com “The case for nonsentience in the case of clams, oysters, etc., is *not* certain and, therefore, it seems to me to make good moral sense to have a presumption in favor of sentience and against exploitation. And there are other mollusks (cephalopods, such as the squid, octopus, etc.) who are more neurologically developed and […]