In this article, we review an array of positions in the contemporary literature that concern the
moral reasons for vegan consumerism. We situate veganism within the broader field of …

The diffusion of innovation is generally referred to as the spread or adoption of a technology
within a social context. This view separates technological and market aspects of innovation …

Animal models are used in experiments in the behavioural neurosciences that aim to
contribute to the prevention and treatment of cognitive and affective disorders in human …

Many have, for many reasons, worried that moral disagreement entails moral skepticism.
Herein, I respond to one such worry. It emerges from recent work in epistemology, on so …

IF ICOULD TALK TO THE ANIMALS: MEASURING SUBJECTIVE ANIMAL WELFARE Page 1
IF ICOULD TALK TO THE ANIMALS: MEASURING SUBJECTIVE ANIMAL WELFARE …

In this paper I ask how we should treat other beings in cases of uncertainty about sentience.
I evaluate three options:(1) an incautionary principle that permits us to treat other beings as …

While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to
morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it …

According to our traditional conception of agency, most human beings are agents and most,
if not all, nonhuman animals are not. However, recent developments in philosophy and …

can experience food without judging it (like we do most of the time) and make judgments
about it without much interpretation (don't we already know it is wrong to eat babies?). I will …

In recent years a number of biologists, anthropologists, and animal scientists have tried to
explain the biological evolution of morality, and claim to have found the rudiments of morality …