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Veganism is not a limitation in any way it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in justice for all.

Gary L. Francione

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Gary L. Francione
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: May 24
Philosopher
Professor
University Teacher
New York
United States
Gary Lawrence Francione
Limitation
Commitment
Justice
Belief
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Love
Veganism
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Who I've been is not as important as who I'm becoming.
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Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former.
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We should take good care of the domestic animals we have brought into existence until they die. We should stop bringing more domestic animals into existence.
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But if there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed to breed so that we could continue to live with dogs, and even if we could guarantee that all dogs would have homes as loving as the one that we provide, we would not hesitate for a second to bring the whole institution of 'pet' ownership to an end.
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Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personhood with an irrelevant criterion. Those who reject speciesism are committed to rejecting racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of discrimination as well.
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An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.
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...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification.
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To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Death—however “humane”—is a harm for humans and nonhumans alike.
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