LOOK AND SEE: Reputation doesn’t matter with the animal rights movement; attention does
LOOK AND SEE: Reputation doesn’t matter with the animal rights movement; attention does
PETA is likely the most effective animal rights organization of all time despite its disruptive and often unpopular tactics. The organization created a real movement when nothing existed in the 1970s. Doing unpopular things is often necessary to create change. There are two important explanations. The first is that unpopular activism overcomes social desirability bias (this bias suggests that most people will be inclined towards avoiding unpopular tactics precisely because they are unpopular, regardless of their effectiveness). The second and related explanation is that movements, particularly in their early stages, are mostly about mobilizing activists rather than directly winning over […]
DEBUNKED: Logically consistent replies to twenty common anti-vegan arguments
DEBUNKED: Logically consistent replies to twenty common anti-vegan arguments
When it comes to arguments surrounding the moral and legal status of nonhuman animals, what is at stake is not merely the theoretical coherence of our beliefs, but the suffering and death of the 60,000 sentient beings who were slaughtered since you began reading this entry, and those victims who follow them every minute of every day. ROBERT C. JONES: This article from the ‘Encyclopedia of Veganism and Animal Ethics’ addresses twenty anti-vegan arguments, some quite familiar, some novel. Te arguments are divided into conceptual arguments and empirical arguments. Broadly speaking, conceptual arguments involve a philosophical analysis of ideas, concepts, […]
‘Little Red Barns’: Groundbreaking book exposes powerful forces at work to hide the harms of industrial agriculture
‘Little Red Barns’: Groundbreaking book exposes powerful forces at work to hide the harms of industrial agriculture
In his book ‘Little Red Barns, Will Potter — a veteran investigative journalist — pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion-dollar illusion and horrifying realities of factory farming. His ten-year investigation takes us from government hearings to climate summits, from hidden camera footage to what he describes as fascist crackdowns on civil liberties. Little Red Barn’s central metaphor — those nostalgic Little Red Barns — becomes a weapon of deception, the book author Will Potter says. “It’s really the first story that we learn,” he explains, referring to children’s toys and books that shape perceptions of farming. But behind the […]
