On April 18th, hundreds of activists attempted to rescue beagles from Ridglan Farms, an animal research and breeding facility in Wisconsin. David Killoren wrote about his experience as one of those activists, and defended the use of open rescue to liberate animals[i] from carceral settings. This includes Ridglan Farms, where beagles are confined in 2×4 cages for their […]
Tracy Isaacs: Meat-Eating as Ideology and “Meat-Eaters’ Fragility,” Online, Apr. 15, 2024, 15:15 CET/ 9:15 EST
The Collective Ethics Seminar: Online Presentation – 15 April 2024 – 15.15 – 16.45 CET / 09.15 – 10.45 EST Tracy Isaacs (Western University) – Meat-Eating as Ideology and “Meat-Eaters’ Fragility“ Abstract: Two major lines of reasoning yield the result that we should give up animal products. The first draws attention to the vast animal suffering […]
CFP: Food, Family, and Justice, John Cabot University/Hybrid, Jun. 21-23, 2024 (deadline: Jan. 8, 2024)
Details Food is often produced, distributed, and consumed in families. What does this imply for food justice and for justice in, of and for the family? Current debates over the family – over parental authority, children’s upbringing, the right to procreate, the reproduction of injustice, and so on – tend to neglect the special place […]
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