Ethics Is Inescapable.

My Aim Is To Advocate That We Make This Mental Switch In Respect Of Our Attitudes And Practices Towards A Very Large Group Of Beings: Members Of Species Other Than Our Own - Or, As We Popularly Though Misleadingly Call Them, Animals. In Other Words, I Am Urging That We Extend To Other Species The Basic Principle Of Equality That Most Of Us Recognize Should Be Extended To All Members Of Our Own Species.

I Would Like Us To Think About It More Explicitly, And Not Take Our Intuitions As The Given Of Ethics, But Rather To Reflect On It, And Be More Open About The Fact That Something Is An Ethical Issues And Think What We Ought To Do About It.

If You're Buying Animal Products And Can Go To The Farm And Actually See How The Animals Are Looked After, Yes, That's An Important Point. That's Definitely The Best Way Of Assuring Yourself That The Animals Are Being Well Treated.

When Children See Animals In A Circus, They Learn That Animals Exist For Our Amusement. Quite Apart From The Cruelty Involved In Training And Confining These Animals, The Whole Idea That We Should Enjoy The Humiliating Spectacle Of An Elephant Or Lion Made To Perform Circus Tricks Shows A Lack Of Respect For The Animals As Individuals.

If You Go Back In Time You'll Find Tribes That Were Essentially Only Concerned With Their Own Tribal Members. If You Were A Member Of Another Tribe, You Could Be Killed With Impunity.