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We Are, Quite Literally, Gambling With The Future Of Our Planet- For The Sake Of Hamburgers

My Work Is Based On The Assumption That Clarity And Consistency In Our Moral Thinking Is Likely, In The Long Run, To Lead Us To Hold Better Views On Ethical Issues.

If Zoos Are Like Arks, Then Rare Animals Are Like Passengers On A Voyage Of The Damned, Never To Find A Port That Will Let Them Dock Or A Land In Which They Can Live In Peace. The Real Solution, Of Course, Is To Preserve The Wild Nature That Created These Animals And Has The Power To Sustain Them. But If It Is Really True That We Are Inevitably Moving Towards A World In Which Mountain Gorillas Can Survive Only In Zoos, Then We Must Ask Whether It Is Really Better For Them To Live In Artificial Environments Of Our Design Than Not To Be Born At All.

The Notion That Human Life Is Sacred Just Because It Is Human Life Is Medieval.

Nineteen Thousand Children [are] Dying Every Day. Does It Really Matter That We're Not Walking Past Them In The Street? Does It Really Matter That They're Far Away? I Don't Think It Does Make A Morally Relevant Difference.