#animalethics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #animalethics, aggregated by home.social.
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Conclusion: The Human-Animal Web• Humans are described as one thread in a vast, continuous living web.
• Domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, foster empathy in children that bridges the gap between our homes and wild animals like elephants.
• The findings demand a reconsideration of our relationship with the conscious, feeling beings in the natural world.
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By recognizing these shared emotions, we take a giant stride toward understanding the living web we inhabit. So, let's dive into the animal mind and see the world through a completely new light.The Paradigm Shift: From "It" to "Who"
• Science is moving away from viewing animals as biological "its"—mechanical beings driven solely by instinct—to recognizing them as conscious "whos".
#animals
#AnimalBehaviour
#AnimalRights
#AnimalEthics
#ethology
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This isn’t just sentiment—it’s biological truth. Modern neurology reveals that we inherited our nervous systems from the same evolutionary tree as the creatures around us. From crayfish experiencing clinical anxiety to elephants making strategic alliances, we are finding that the biological trails of human emotion are built upon ancient trails shared by all living things.#animals
#AnimalBehaviour
#AnimalRights
#AnimalEthics
#ethology
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This shift becomes clear when you look at the life of an elephant. Consider Echo, a matriarch who slowed her entire family's pace for three days just to allow her crippled calf to survive. This wasn't a mechanical reaction; it was a choice fueled by profound empathy and wisdom.#animals
#AnimalBehaviour
#AnimalRights
#AnimalEthics
#ethology
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FROM 'IT TO 'WHO'
For the longest time, science viewed animals as biological "its"—living machines driven entirely by automated instinct. But today, field research is providing undeniable evidence that demands a massive paradigm shift: looking at them not as objects, but as conscious "whos".
#animals
#AnimalBehaviour
#AnimalRights
#AnimalEthics
#ethology
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Visual Evidence & Photography:The production is anchored by authentic field photography, rejecting AI-generated imagery to maintain a "porous boundary" between the observer and the subject.
• The Individual Gaze: Extreme close-ups of elephant eyes highlight the sentient presence and ancient brain circuits described in the podcast.
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• The Umwelt and Capabilities Approach:Moving beyond "human-centrism" to respect the distinct sensory bubbles of other species—such as the elephant’s infrasonic and seismic communication network—and advocating for an ethics based on an individual’s drive to flourish.
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• Theory of Mind & Cross-Species Empathy:Remarkable accounts of animal intelligence, including scrub jays using tactical deception and wild elephants extending proactive protection to vulnerable humans.
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• Elephant Society & Individual Genius: A deep dive into the fission-fusion social structures of elephants. We explore the role of the matriarch as a "distributed backup server" for ecological knowledge and the devastating mental toll that poaching and social disruption take on surviving herds. -
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• The #Neuropharmacology of #Sentience:A look at how animals suffer from the same psychological disorders as humans—including OCD, PTSD, and clinical depression—and how they respond to the exact same human pharmaceutical medications.
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• The Biological Evidence:Understanding the "chemical language" of sentience. We discuss how core emotions like joy, grief, and fear are generated in ancient subcortical structures shared by all mammals, birds, and even invertebrates like octopuses and crayfish.
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Key Topics Explored:• The Cartesian Blind Spot: We trace the history of why science denied animal feelings for centuries, from René Descartes’ "biological automata" theory to the professional strictness of 20th-century Behaviorism.
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Some fresh news from us!
We will share the preliminary results of our research:
- at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham)
- at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE)We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜
#agency #animalwelfare #philbio #conservation #isae #animalethics #lse #baboons
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Some fresh news from us!
We will share the preliminary results of our research:
- at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham)
- at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE)We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜
#agency #animalwelfare #philbio #conservation #isae #animalethics #lse #baboons
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Some fresh news from us!
We will share the preliminary results of our research:
- at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham)
- at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE)We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜
#agency #animalwelfare #philbio #conservation #isae #animalethics #lse #baboons
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Some fresh news from us!
We will share the preliminary results of our research:
- at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham)
- at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE)We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜
#agency #animalwelfare #philbio #conservation #isae #animalethics #lse #baboons
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"AI & Animals" — nowy dokument od Animal Ethics.
Podczas gdy media skupiają się na wpływie sztucznej inteligencji na ludzi, los miliardów zwierząt pozostaje niemal całkowicie pomijany. Nowy film "AI & Animals" zwraca uwagę właśnie na ten niewidoczny, ale kluczowy problem.Stoimy w punkcie zwrotnym. Sztuczna inteligencja może radykalnie wpłynąć na życie zwierząt — zarówno na lepsze, jak i na gorsze. Pytanie brzmi: czy zareagujemy dopiero po fakcie, czy zapobiegniemy katastrofie?
AI uczy się na danych przesiąkniętych gatunkowizmem. Jeśli nie zareagujemy, utrwali przekonanie, że zwierzęta to jedynie "zasoby" lub "żywność".
Historia pokazuje, ile kosztuje bierność. Nie zatrzymaliśmy rozwoju hodowli przemysłowej, zanim się utrwaliła. Nie powstrzymaliśmy przemysłowej akwakultury. Nie przewidzieliśmy gwałtownego wzrostu hodowli owadów.
Tym razem nie możemy popełnić tego samego błędu.
Film "AI & Animals" łączy głosy 16 ekspertów i ekspertek, aby pokazać, co jest stawką i jakie działania są możliwe już teraz.
Reżyseria: Alba García Bernal, Oscar Horta (autor książki "Po stronie zwierząt", wydanej w 2024 r. przez wydawnictwo słowo/obraz terytoria)
Osoby uczestniczące w filmie: Peter Singer (Princeton University; autor przełomowej książki "Wyzwolenie zwierząt"), Constance Li (Sentient Futures), Max Taylor (Animal Charity Evaluators), Jonathan Birch (London School of Economics), Bernice Bovenkerk (Wageningen University & Research), Tse Yip Fai (National University of Singapore), Aditya S. Karanam (Animal Ethics), Jeff Sebo (New York University), Oscar Horta (University of Santiago de Compostela), Vanessa Sarre (Macroscopic Ventures), Adrià Moret (University of Barcelona), Caatje Kluskens (Wageningen University & Research), Sam Tucker (Open Paws), Kevin Xia (Hive), Matti Wilks (University of Edinburgh), Alexandra Hammond (Liverpool John Moores University).
https://youtu.be/7pFge0CTXRo?is=KGpWDCbgUero3ndj
#animalethics #oscarhorta #film #ai #zwierzęta #SztucznaInteligancja #prawazwierząt
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📣 Upcoming Online Workshop, 19–20 March 2026 *Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for the Transition Beyond #AnimalExperimentation in Research and Safety Testing: What‘s New? What‘s Next?* Register by 17 March: tinyurl.com/nam-workshop #NAM #animalethics #philsci #animalstudies #STS
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@RyanChartier #AI #ducks #evolution #devolution #anthropocentrism #HumanHubris #AnimalEthics #Animals #Humanity #Posthuman #posthumanethics #AIEthics #TheMythOfProgress #Progress #Philosophy
Tagged it for you ;) Yay deciding who gets to be human or not. We really need to, as a species, get a different obsession. Trains would be satisfactory.
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@RyanChartier #AI #ducks #evolution #devolution #anthropocentrism #HumanHubris #AnimalEthics #Animals #Humanity #Posthuman #posthumanethics #AIEthics #TheMythOfProgress #Progress #Philosophy
Tagged it for you ;) Yay deciding who gets to be human or not. We really need to, as a species, get a different obsession. Trains would be satisfactory.
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@RyanChartier #AI #ducks #evolution #devolution #anthropocentrism #HumanHubris #AnimalEthics #Animals #Humanity #Posthuman #posthumanethics #AIEthics #TheMythOfProgress #Progress #Philosophy
Tagged it for you ;) Yay deciding who gets to be human or not. We really need to, as a species, get a different obsession. Trains would be satisfactory.
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@RyanChartier #AI #ducks #evolution #devolution #anthropocentrism #HumanHubris #AnimalEthics #Animals #Humanity #Posthuman #posthumanethics #AIEthics #TheMythOfProgress #Progress #Philosophy
Tagged it for you ;) Yay deciding who gets to be human or not. We really need to, as a species, get a different obsession. Trains would be satisfactory.
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Here's an interesting website about #AnimalEthics with some questions to make you think about your own views on how humans should treat other animals: http://ae.imcode.com/
It has a questionnaire to see in what category you fall (Contractarian, Utilitarian etc.) at the start, and several "dilemmas" to help refine your thoughts.
It doesn't tell you which view is better, just helps with self-reflection.
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Season 3 Episode 2: Thinking About How We Think About Animals with Dr Chloë Taylor
Today’s episode is all about animal ethics—or do we mean critical animal studies? Ariel discusses this linguistic nuance and the difference between them (and much, much more!) with Dr Chloë Taylor, professor of women and gender studies at the University of Alberta. Dr Taylor has been involved in a five-year-long project researching the “Intersections of Animality” and is a trained philosopher who works in gender studies, and sees a lot of intersections between the way that we think about and treat animals and the way that we think about and treat minoritized subjects. Come join us for a thought-provoking and highly educational discussion!
https://youtu.be/qJjoUe2XbkU?si=TmUdezI7NDv9UFyH
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #AnimalRights #CriticalAnimalStudies #UofA #Ethics #Philosophy #AnimalEthics #linguistics #vegan #Intersectionality
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A New Basis for Animal Ethics: Telos and Common Sense by Bernard E. Rollin, 2016
“Possibly the most important book on animal welfare written to date. In exquisite chapter after chapter Rollin presents the philosophical background of what telos is, why it matters and demonstrates with stories, anecdotes, and data, why common sense is an important basis for understanding animals, their needs and their wants."
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#AnimalEthics
#AnimalWelfare
#philosophy
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I (Ariel) recently listened to the audiobook version of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. It really shone a light on how far we’ve come both in our understanding of neurodiversity and language around it; it also cause me to realize how very little I actually know about animal behaviour. It’s free to read over on our Patreon; come over and take a look!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-of-in-by-97206373
#solarpunkpresentspodcast #solarpunk #neurodiversity #templegrandin #autism #animals #animalethics #bookreview #neuroscience #animalrights
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I (Ariel) recently listened to the audiobook version of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. It really shone a light on how far we’ve come both in our understanding of neurodiversity and language around it; it also cause me to realize how very little I actually know about animal behaviour. It’s free to read over on our Patreon; come over and take a look!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-of-in-by-97206373
#solarpunkpresentspodcast #solarpunk #neurodiversity #templegrandin #autism #animals #animalethics #bookreview #neuroscience #animalrights
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I (Ariel) recently listened to the audiobook version of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. It really shone a light on how far we’ve come both in our understanding of neurodiversity and language around it; it also cause me to realize how very little I actually know about animal behaviour. It’s free to read over on our Patreon; come over and take a look!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-of-in-by-97206373
#solarpunkpresentspodcast #solarpunk #neurodiversity #templegrandin #autism #animals #animalethics #bookreview #neuroscience #animalrights
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I (Ariel) recently listened to the audiobook version of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. It really shone a light on how far we’ve come both in our understanding of neurodiversity and language around it; it also cause me to realize how very little I actually know about animal behaviour. It’s free to read over on our Patreon; come over and take a look!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-of-in-by-97206373
#solarpunkpresentspodcast #solarpunk #neurodiversity #templegrandin #autism #animals #animalethics #bookreview #neuroscience #animalrights
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I (Ariel) recently listened to the audiobook version of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. It really shone a light on how far we’ve come both in our understanding of neurodiversity and language around it; it also cause me to realize how very little I actually know about animal behaviour. It’s free to read over on our Patreon; come over and take a look!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-of-in-by-97206373
#solarpunkpresentspodcast #solarpunk #neurodiversity #templegrandin #autism #animals #animalethics #bookreview #neuroscience #animalrights
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#ICMBio launches #SALVE (#Biodiversity #Extinction #RiskAssessment System)
"#Data on more than 14,700 #species, evaluated for their risk of extinction, can be accessed by anyone.
One of the main objectives is to facilitate the #management of the extinction risk assessment process and, make this information more accessible"#conservation #fauna #AnimalEthics #ethics #bioethics #EnvironmentalProtection #environmentalethics #Environment #Brazil #Amazon
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#ICMBio launches #SALVE (#Biodiversity #Extinction #RiskAssessment System)
"#Data on more than 14,700 #species, evaluated for their risk of extinction, can be accessed by anyone.
One of the main objectives is to facilitate the #management of the extinction risk assessment process and, make this information more accessible"#conservation #fauna #AnimalEthics #ethics #bioethics #EnvironmentalProtection #environmentalethics #Environment #Brazil #Amazon
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#ICMBio launches #SALVE (#Biodiversity #Extinction #RiskAssessment System)
"#Data on more than 14,700 #species, evaluated for their risk of extinction, can be accessed by anyone.
One of the main objectives is to facilitate the #management of the extinction risk assessment process and, make this information more accessible"#conservation #fauna #AnimalEthics #ethics #bioethics #EnvironmentalProtection #environmentalethics #Environment #Brazil #Amazon
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#ICMBio launches #SALVE (#Biodiversity #Extinction #RiskAssessment System)
"#Data on more than 14,700 #species, evaluated for their risk of extinction, can be accessed by anyone.
One of the main objectives is to facilitate the #management of the extinction risk assessment process and, make this information more accessible"#conservation #fauna #AnimalEthics #ethics #bioethics #EnvironmentalProtection #environmentalethics #Environment #Brazil #Amazon
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#ICMBio launches #SALVE (#Biodiversity #Extinction #RiskAssessment System)
"#Data on more than 14,700 #species, evaluated for their risk of extinction, can be accessed by anyone.
One of the main objectives is to facilitate the #management of the extinction risk assessment process and, make this information more accessible"#conservation #fauna #AnimalEthics #ethics #bioethics #EnvironmentalProtection #environmentalethics #Environment #Brazil #Amazon
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Today’s episode is all about animal ethics—or do we mean critical animal studies? @arielkroon discusses this linguistic nuance and the difference between them (and much, much more!) with Dr Chloë Taylor, professor of women and gender studies at U of Alberta.
Dr Taylor has been involved in a five-year-long project researching the “Intersections of Animality” and is a trained philosopher who works in gender studies, and sees a lot of intersections between the way that we think about and treat animals and the way that we think about and treat minoritized subjects. Come join us for a thought-provoking and highly educational discussion!
#AnimalEthics #CriticalAnimalStudies #Anthropocene #DisabilityJustice #Philosophy #Feminism #CriticalTheory #academia #solarpunk #podcast #episode #podcasting
-Ariel, who keeps thinking of more things to add to this XD
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Oh, also episode 3.2 "Thinking about how we think about animals with Dr Chloë Taylor" is live to our Patreon supporters today! In this episode, @arielkroon discusses the nuances of "animal rights" and "critical animal studies" (and much, much more!) with Dr Chloë Taylor, professor in the department of women and gender studies (and formerly the philosophy department) at the University of Alberta.
You can subscribe to our Patreon to support us and get early access to episodes and content written by @xtinadlr and myself here: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkpresents
The episode will be publicly available to everyone next week, so stay tuned!
-Ariel
ETA: A few words to make real sentences XD
#solarpunk #AnimalEthics #CriticalAnimalStudies #AnimalRights #DisabilityJustice #WomensRights #Equity #RacialJustice #WomenAndGenderStudies #Philosophy #CriticalAnimalStudies101
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Just Published!
"Handbook of Bioethical Decisions. Volume I. Decisions at the Bench"
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-29451-8
Stay tuned for Volume II!
Enjoy!
#Bioethics #AppliedEthics #BiomedicalResearch #Environment #ClinicalTrials #GMO #Clonning #RegenerativeMedicine #StemCells #GenomeEditing #Vaccines #ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalEthics
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#PeterSinger: Fix Your #Diet, Save the #Planet
"But even if there were 10 times as many #vegans in the world, that would not be enough to save the planet or end factory #farming. Persuading the majority of the world’s affluent people to at least halve their #consumption of #animal products would achieve much more"
https://web.archive.org/web/20230425080032/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/opinion/earth-day-climate-change-meat-vegan.html"We can do something significant for the planet every time we eat"
@philosophy #AnimalEthics #food #environment #conservation #vegetarianism #veganism
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"World Day for Laboratory Animals (#WDLA), also known as World Day For Animals In #Laboratories (#WDAIL), is observed annually on April 24 to commemorate the hundreds of millions of hidden animals who have suffered – and continue to #suffer – in the name of #research. These animals regularly endure #painful and frightening procedures, often isolated in small or barren confinement. Here are just some of their stories"
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CW: Re: Quick thoughts/questions on intersections of Veganism, The Problem of Evil, and Atheism.
Side note: if an argument already is “sufficiently” antispeciesist (“it is immoral to cause unnecessary suffering and death”), but the author isn’t vegan (“God would be immoral for doing this, but not me.”), then that’s kinda frustrating to say the least. Atheistic example, but applies to both sides. Like sometimes this gets brought up and they’ll literally admit to moral failing/hypocrisy here… ugh.
Where the intersection of antispeciesism and atheism really shines imo is the meager moral fruits argument and flawed / immoral religious teachings arguments, but that’s another thread…
Hashtags follow:
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I listened to an excellent interview with Martha Nussbaum earlier today, exploring her new book Justice for Animals. It's on Adam Conover's podcast, Factually!
https://pca.st/episode/8209fa67-514d-4200-a8e4-b93d183e2b02
I think Nussbaum is incredible. I referred to her work a number of times during my PhD studies and I'm always in awe of the breadth and depth of her writings on ethics. I'm going to have to pick up a copy of this book - it sounds very compelling.
#MarthaNussbaum #AdamConover #AnimalEthics #Philosophy #Ethics
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🕊️ Join the International Animal Rights Conference 2023 by @iarc live in Luxembourg or online. Registration now possible at: ar-conference.org/reg
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At the end of the day, it's not about our diet. It's about the fact that non-human animals are individuals, too, who want to live. The same things that give humans intrinsic dignity also apply to other animals with brains and nervous systems.
I would like to find some other way of referring to them besides "non-human" animals... humans are animals, too, so it's logical. But if we've seen other ideas, please let me know. I want to decentralize the human and not collectivize everyone else.
It's less about "veganism" and who is "vegan" and more about... are we recognizing animals' intrinsic dignity and will to live, and are we willing to take steps to put that into action.
Centering their lives, not our own comforts and desires. Because we're capable of the added reflection, we have this moral duty to use such knowledge and put it into practice. If we don't, we're wasting this faculty.
#animalliberation #animalrights #vegan #veganism #animalethics #animalminds #animalstudies #droitsdesanimaux #moralduty #ethics #ethicaldiet #activism #veganactivism #nonhuman #nonhumans #dignity #brain #nervoussystem #mind #sentient #sentientism
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Looking for more book recommendations on recent manuscripts re: #animalethics #animalminds
#animalcogethics
#comparativecognitionetc.
Two I'm evaluating next:
*How to Study Animal Minds, Kristen Andrews
*Justice for Animals, Martha Nussbaum
Can't wait!
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Hello, #MeatlessMonday on Mastodon! If you’re #vegan / #vegetarian and traveling to a non-English speaking country this holiday season, have I’ve got the primer for you ⬇️
https://www.treehugger.com/language-guide-order-no-meat-6744682
What #VeganTravelTips make your journey as enjoyable as possible?
#Languages #ForeignLanguage #ForeignLanguages #TravelTips #Veganism #Vegetarianism #NoMeat #VeganForTheAnimals #VeganForThePlanet #VeganAF #VeganLife #VeganLifestyle #AnimalEthics #Sustainability
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We're considering putting some profiles up on our site - key names in animal advocacy, outreach, vegan cuisine, animal saves, animal law, research on nonhuman nervous systems. Stay in touch and forward whomever you know who fits any of these profiles!
#animaladvocacy #animallaw #animalethics #animalrights #vegancuisine #neurosci #neuroscience #mind #brain #nonhumanrights #sentience #consciousness
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#introduction
I am a #VisualArtist and #researcher who just finished my #phd in #criticalanimalstudies and #artisticresearch at Edge Hill Uni UK. #vegan in Sweden with #rescuedog Jodie 🐶.Inside #studio I’m working with #drawing, #text and #performance. Outside studio I’m #teaching #art at an #artschool, #lecturing on #animals in #arthistory and #animalethics in #artpractice.
Deals with Sweden’s turn towards #authoritarianism with #antifascist friends from #feminism and #intersectionality
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Portrait of an elder sunfish from a colony I like to visit on summertime river swims …
… plus some interests #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehavior #AnimalEthics #AnimalLaw #AnimalRights #AnimalStudies #Anthrozoology #Botany #Conservation #ConservationBiology #Ecology #Ecomodernism #EnvironmentalHistory #EnvironmentalStudies #Ethology #Evolution #HistoryOfScience #MarineBiology #MoreThanHuman #Multispecies #PhilosophyOfMind #PlantStudies #PoliticalEcology #Sustainability #Vegan