MORAL ORDER: The coming revolution of animal rights
MORAL ORDER: The coming revolution of animal rights
Peter Singer argues that moral systems that expand rights have a natural logic that causes them to win out over their exclusive alternatives. “Rights to me but not to thee” simply doesn’t have much rhetorical power. Could something be similarly unlocked if our moral circle expanded to other species? It could not come a moment too soon. An expanding circle, beyond the frontiers of intelligence or species, may be the only thing that saves us. The human condition has benefitted immensely from civilizations with diverse populations looking beyond religion, race, or creed. The condition of all sentient beings will be […]
‘Arresting Juxtaposition’: The turkey sandwich hurler and the chicken rescuer
‘Arresting Juxtaposition’: The turkey sandwich hurler and the chicken rescuer
The acquittal of ‘sandwich guy’ Sean Dunn and the recent conviction of animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg form an arresting juxtaposition. Both defendants essentially conceded the facts of the crimes for which they were charged. Dunn hurled a sandwich made from slaughtered turkey parts at Customs and Border Patrol agent in protest of President Trump’s policies. Rosenberg, a member of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), was carrying out an open rescue of sick and injured chickens in protest of factory farming. The fact that a California judge and jury were unwilling to see the cruelty that goes into the supplying of […]
INEXCUSABLE: Not vegan? It’s not your fault… is it?
INEXCUSABLE: Not vegan? It’s not your fault… is it?
A lot of new vegans struggle with adopting their newly adopted moral position that feels both obvious and unspeakable: how can others not see this? That dissonance breeds despair. You’re not just grieving animals or ecosystems; you’re grieving the moral failure of your own kind. The tribe survives on selective blindness, and you’ve lost the ability, (or willingness), to look away. You’re awake in a world that values sleep. It’s a costly form of awareness, but it’s not meaningless. The grief you carry is the proof of conscience: evidence that not everyone has gone numb. WILL RANKIN: Becoming vegan, or […]
