2007_05_01_archive

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 11:11 AM

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22 May 2007

Global Warmism

How big is your meat footprint? See here.

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 2:56 PM

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21 May 2007

The Perils of Veganism

Do fetuses and infants need animal products in order to survive and

flourish? See here.

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 12:41 PM

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19 May 2007

Ethical Veganism

Here, for your consideration, is the blog of a convert to ethical

veganism.

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 7:10 PM

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18 May 2007

Freedom of the Will

Do fruit flies have free will? See here for what appears to be an

affirmative answer. If fruit flies have free will, then it's possible

for them to suffer from weakness of the will.

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 7:47 PM

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10 May 2007

Veganism

Here is a tragic story about misguided vegans. John Stuart Mill

(1806-1873) famously said that "There is no difficulty in proving any

ethical standard whatever to work ill if we suppose universal idiocy

to be conjoined with it . . ." (Utilitarianism [1861], chap. 2). The

same could be said of any diet.

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 4:01 PM

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04 May 2007

Equine Breakdown

Here is a New York Times op-ed column about measures that are being

taken to prevent injuries to race horses. Does anyone out there

advocate abolition of horse racing? If so, on what ground?

# Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson at 2:21 PM

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02 May 2007

April Statistics

There were 2,825 visitors to this blog during April. That's an average