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• Heartless Pigs

  Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:45 AM By William Saletan
  
  Last week, during the discussion of Spain's new animal rights legislation , I pointed to an article by Donald McNeil Jr. in the July 13 New York Times . McNeil asked whether the most advanced animals, the great apes, deserved the "most basic right—to Read More...
  Filed under: animal rights, human-animal hybrids, organs

• The Paradox of Discrimination

  Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:47 AM By William Saletan
  
  Look who's flirting with animal rights. In recent days, the New York Times has published two in-house commentaries on Spain's move to legislate rights for apes. "We like to think of these as absolutes: that there are distinct lines between humans and Read More...
  Filed under: abortion, animal rights, apes, chimps, discrimination, egalitarianism, equality, evolution, human rights, PETA, Peter Singer, race, soul

• Dog Lover Bites Man

  Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:30 AM By William Saletan
  
  I love animals . I really do. But there's such a thing as loving animals the wrong way. No, I'm not talking about that , you perverts. Or that . I've said enough about that sort of behavior. I'm talking about Leona Helmsley and her dog. Two weeks ago, Read More...
  Filed under: animal rights, dogs

• Human Liquid

  Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 10:59 AM By William Saletan
  
  If you've been thinking lately about how to dispose of your corpse—and I know I have—there's good news. You may soon have a new option: being dissolved in lye . Well, let's not call it that. Let's call it " alkaline hydrolysis ." According to AP reporter Read More...
  Filed under: animal rights, bio-artificial, global warming, human dignity, lye, wholes/parts

• Legalize Dog Meat

  Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:00 PM By William Saletan
  
  I feel strangely obliged to say something about today's dog-food story. No, I'm not talking about food for dogs. I wish I were. I'm talking about making food from dogs —and serving it to people. Yes, this is happening. It's been happening for a long time. Read More...
  Filed under: abortion, animal rights, dog meat, dogs, human dignity, Korea, legalization, meat, pigs, sex selection, vegetarianism

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