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The Animal Ethics Reader
I've been discovering that this book has many articles that seem to be abridged versions of longer articles or chapters from books. I've just leafed through it and have read a short article in it about companion animals that addresses overpopulation as well as the moral responsibility we have towards them when we take them in. It's by Bernard and ( Read more... ) -
Libertarians, Serenity and Camus
Here's an article that raises some interesting points. I think that the writer tried to fit too many different notions into it, though. Reading it, I get the sense that it needed to be fleshed out some more.
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Philo?ophy Talk
A couple of Stanford profs have a radio show that you can hear live online every week. There are archived shows, as well. I haven't sampled them yet myself since I don't run Real Player on my computer.
The home page:
http://www.philosophytalk.org/index.htm
Archived shows:Some reading material for those interested
The Center on Animal Liberation Affairs was co-founded by Dr. Steven Best, Associate Professor of Philosophy & Humanities at the University of Texas at El Paso.
From their website:
As the first scholarly center dedicated to philosophical discussion on animal liberation, CALA strives to advance the study, research, and dialogue of the principles ( Read more... )Philosophy links (and other stuff, some of it religion or AR related)
I'm just compiling some of the various links I have scattered in my bookmarks and on various places across the 'net. I'll be subdividing them when I'm done later today or tomorrow.
( Here they are )(Untitled)
"In human civilization, and in the individual life of every human being, behind every problem to be solved, there is a question of philosophy to be asked -- and not only asked as we usually ask, but to be pondered and lived with as a reminder of something we have forgotten, something essential. Our culture has generally tended to solve its ( Read more... )