Animals

We underestimate the effect festive fireworks have on our furry friends.

Neuralink's quest to unlock the power of the mind requires a good deal more thought.

Are meat hunting and trophy hunting really so morally indistinguishable?

How much blame do our individual consumer choices really deserve?

What does death mean to an insect and a life lived in moments?

By any means? Even invasive bugs deserve moral consideration.

What's behind the recent legislative push to ban the procedure?

Maintaining a clean conscience means "that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn."

Splitting hairs? Why shouldn't both practices elicit the same moral response?

Some justifications for carnivorous behavior offer very little meat.

Speciesism and racism have much less in common than we typically assume.

Do "invaders," like the green iguana, deserve to be destroyed?

What happens when we discover that even mosquitos have interests?

'Beast' or 'being'? How do we justify the bright line we draw determining legal protection?

Can we justify the deliberate slaughter of animal subjects when available alternatives exist?

How entities get categorized is invariably a loaded determination filled with additional ethical baggage.

What responses are justified in attempting to insulate ourselves from the risk of zoonotic diseases?

Should humans intervene to prevent even the "useless pain" of animals in the wild?

Are the duties we have to the natural world and its inhabitants best fulfilled through programs of modification or restoration?

Might humans be responsible for protecting wildlife from the torment of parasites and disease?