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	Regan / Defending Animal Rights
		He puts the issue of animal rights in historical context, drawing parallels between animal rights activism and other social movements, including the antislavery movement in the nineteenth century and the gay-lesbian struggle today.
		He also outlines the challenges posed by deep ecology and ecofeminism to using animals for human purposes and addresses the ethical dilemma of the animal rights advocate whose employer uses animals for research.
		More than a contest of wills representing professional and economic interests, the animal rights debate is also a divisive, enduring topic in normative ethical theory.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /s01/regan.html (510 words)

	Anti-Corporate Activism
		Anti-corporate activism is becoming a growing concern to companies and managing threats like just some of the above examples may well prove to become one of the dominant management and communications challenges in the future.
		In an information age of heightened consumer awareness, companies will find themselves increasingly challenged to account over moral or ethical issues by small groups of ideologically-motivated activists who can directly counter a company�s self-acclaimed corporate social responsibility.
		The first element of an advocacy network group�s strategy is to use the internet to collect and share the type of information that enables them to attack corporations more effectively.
	www.globalprofile.co.uk /common/48 (510 words)

	Ethical Ideology, Animal Rights Activism and Attitudes Toward the Treatment of Animals - Questia Online Library
		Key words: animal rights, moral philosophy, ethical attitudes
		Although animal activists are sometimes portrayed by their opponents as "crazies," there are few empirical studies of psychological aspects of involvement in the movement.
		In the first, 600 animal rights activists attending a national demonstration and 266 nonactivist college students were given the EPQ.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&d=95813582 (464 words)

	Letters and Petitions Society, Directory
		Boycott OHSU's Oregon Regional Primate Research Center Site provides scientific and ethical evidence to oppose animal research, and is a call to action for concerned citizens.
		Stop Animal Exploitation Now Petition to halt animal experimentation and to have the stiffest penalties allowable under the provisions of the "Animal Welfare Act" assessed for all violations committed by the facilities named in the petition.
		Prevention of Cruelty to Animals A petition against Ohio State University from trying to determine the effects of drug abuse in humans who are HIV-positive by injecting cats with the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and then giving them doses of methamphetamine.
	www.flashunion.org /ZmxzXzI5Mjk5.aspx (620 words)

	Animal Rights
		The titles in this series cover the history of each issue and explore the ethical questions, scientific developments, religious views, and modern interpretations for each topic.
		Presents a collection of essays that discuss varying viewpoints on the subject of animals rights, including the historical background, animal rights as a moral issue, and the response of scientists to research using animals.
		Those who argue against animal rights include scientists and philosophers who feel that human needs must be met, even if it is at the expense of animals.
	www.booksmatter.com /b0737719052.htm (455 words)

	Tagg's anti-corporate, pro-human, anti-capitalist index
		Adbusters and the Culture Jammers Network "is a global network of artists, activists, writers, educators and entrepreneurs" who believe that "culture jamming will become to our era what civil rights was to the '60s, what feminism was to the '70s and what environmental activism was to the eighties".
		Electrohippies – Electronic Activism & Electronic Civil Disobedience website.
		Freedom to Care – promotes social conscience in the workplace, public accountability, ethics at work, support for whistleblowers; provides "free information on professional ethics, bullying at work, corporate responsibility, social and ethical accounting and auditing - especially in health care, nursing, social work, police, financial services, education, science and environment."
	www.tagg.org /rants/rants.html (455 words)

	ACSH > Health Issues >
		PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and its animal rights/"animal liberation" allies compare the breeding and slaughter of chickens to the Holocaust.
		Key leaders in the Third Reich tended to favor extremist environmentalism, organic farming, vegetarianism, animal rights, vitalism, occultism, and homeopathy and to disfavor science and high technology.
		In "Understanding Nazi Animal Protection and the Holocaust" (published in a 1992 issue of Anthrozoos), Dr. Arnold Arluke, Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University, and Boria Sax, Ph.D., coauthor of Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust (Continuum International Publishing Group, Inc., 2000), stated that the Nazis "exalted synthesis against analysis.
	www.acsh.org /healthissues/newsID.604/healthissue_detail.asp (4326 words)

	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): The animal rights organization
		PETA believes that animals have rights and deserve to have their best interests taken into consideration, regardless of whether they are useful to humans.
		People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is proud to present the third annual Proggy Awards for animal-friendly achievement in 21st century culture and commerce.
		People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): The animal rights organization
	www.peta.org (467 words)

	The Rise Of Tikkun Olam Paganism
		The equation of Tikkun Olam with liberal political activism is so commonplace that it is recited as an ethical basis by many of the same liberal "social activists" who cannot recite the Shema prayer correctly, who practice no Jewish ritual, and have no idea of what any other concepts are in Judaism.
		At most, Tikkun Olam can only be conscripted as support for liberal social activism if one believes that this activism really promotes social justice.
		It is all the more ironic that Tikkun Olam is dredged up as underpinning for some forms of "activism" that are themselves little more than idolatry, such as the worshiping of trees, whales and nature in the name of "Eco-Judaism" by some radical Jewish environmentalists.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/813507/posts (11923 words)

	South Asia Sessions
		It is our goal to provide an historical overview of the socially engaged Buddhism movement, a critical analysis of its ethical foundations, an examination of the goals and motivations of the movement with respect to Buddhist canonical doctrine, and an objective appraisal of the success and failures of socially engaged Buddhism.
		Emerging from within the context of traditional Buddhism, socially engaged Buddhists attempt to delineate their goals and justify their social activism in two ways: by associating their goals and activism with traditional Buddhist doctrines and by disassociating their goals and activism from traditional Buddhist doctrines.
		Buddhists and scholars of Buddhism frequently draw a contrast between Engaged Buddhism and what is generally regarded as the more traditional, and typically Buddhist, attitude of detachment and withdrawal from worldly affairs, and a general indifference to the political and social issues taken up by contemporary Buddhist activists.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/2005abst/South/s-123.htm (1046 words)

	South Asia Sessions
		It is our goal to provide an historical overview of the socially engaged Buddhism movement, a critical analysis of its ethical foundations, an examination of the goals and motivations of the movement with respect to Buddhist canonical doctrine, and an objective appraisal of the success and failures of socially engaged Buddhism.
		Emerging from within the context of traditional Buddhism, socially engaged Buddhists attempt to delineate their goals and justify their social activism in two ways: by associating their goals and activism with traditional Buddhist doctrines and by disassociating their goals and activism from traditional Buddhist doctrines.
		Buddhists and scholars of Buddhism frequently draw a contrast between Engaged Buddhism and what is generally regarded as the more traditional, and typically Buddhist, attitude of detachment and withdrawal from worldly affairs, and a general indifference to the political and social issues taken up by contemporary Buddhist activists.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/2005abst/South/s-123.htm (1046 words)

	Altweb-Alternative News
		After years of activism in the civil rights and labor movements, two events sparked Spira's interest in the plight of "the most defenseless of all the world's victims": he read "Animal Liberation," a 1973 essay by bioethicist Peter Singer, and a friend left him a cat.
		"Funding for alternatives research in the United States is almost entirely provided by industry, and most of that funding can be traced back to Henry's activism-including our own funding at CAAT," said Goldberg, whose Center was created in 1981 after the cosmetics industry provided $1 million for the support of new alternative methods.
		That interest, combined with a half a life of experience in effective activism, led Spira to plan a series of campaigns on behalf of animals.
	altweb.jhsph.edu /news/1999/september/19990901c.htm (1046 words)

	Environmental Ethics
		The confluence of ethical, political and legal debates about the environment, the emergence of philosophies to underpin animal rights activism and the puzzles over whether an environmental ethic would be something new rather than a modification or extension of existing ethical theories were reflected in wider social and political movements.
		Like Routley's ‘last man’ arguments, Rolston's example is meant to draw attention to a kind of action that seems morally dubious and yet is not clearly ruled out or condemned by traditional anthropocentric ethical views.
		Routley and Routley 1980)), the anthropocentrism imbedded in what he called the ‘dominant western view’, or ‘the western superethic’, is in effect ‘human chauvinism’.
	setis.library.usyd.edu.au /stanford/entries/ethics-environmental (1046 words)

	Environmental Ethics
		The confluence of ethical, political and legal debates about the environment, the emergence of philosophies to underpin animal rights activism and the puzzles over whether an environmental ethic would be something new rather than a modification or extension of existing ethical theories were reflected in wider social and political movements.
		The rise of environmental or ‘green’ parties in Europe in the 1980s was accompanied by almost immediate schisms between groups known as ‘realists’ versus ‘fundamentalists’ (see Dobson 1992).
		For instance, the male may be said to excel in rationality over the emotional female; the active Cartesian mind, being free from physical constrains, may be seen as superior to the mechanical passive body; the civilized and progressive human culture may be deemed superior to the primitive nonhuman nature.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ethics-environmental (9453 words)

	The Vegan Sourcebook - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		From the publisher: "Veganism is more than simply avoiding animal-based products--it is a humane, ethical way of life that encompasses environmentalism, social activism, and conscientious consumption."
		See also: vegan, veganic gardening, ethical consumerism, cruelty-free
		The Vegan Sourcebook - Your Art History Reference Guide!
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/The_Vegan_Sourcebook (9453 words)

	Pace e Bene: Books on Nonviolence
		Gordon M. Zerbe, "Conclusion to Part I [Jewish Texts]," "Summary and Conclusions [Gospel Tradition]," and "Conclusion," Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts: Ethical Themes in Social Contexts (Sheffield, England: Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Press, 1993), 165-173, 208-210, 291-294.
		K. Jones, "Buddhist Grass-Roots Activism," The Social Face of Buddhism -- An Approach to Political and Social Activism (London: Wisdom Publications, 1989), 240-51, 260-61, 398-400.
		Karen K. Fiore, "Was Gandhi a Feminist?" The Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi-King Society VIII: 2 (Fall 1995), 23-27.
	www.paceebene.org /resources/resoindx.htm (9453 words)

	Investing Responsible Socially - Stock Investing
		Socially responsible investing is the practice of investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and partnerships that adhere to a predetermined ethical philosophy.
		Socially Responsible Investing or Socially Responsible Investment, usually abbreviated to SRI, is an umbrella term for a philosophy of investing by both financial criteria and social, ethical or...
		Committed exclusively to socially responsible investing, with shareholder activism, research, social screening, and community-based investing.
	www.earntaxfreereturns.com /investingresponsiblesocially (667 words)

	Environmental Ethics
		The confluence of ethical, political and legal debates about the environment, the emergence of philosophies to underpin animal rights activism and the puzzles over whether an environmental ethic would be something new rather than a modification or extension of existing ethical theories were reflected in wider social and political movements.
		‘Ecofeminist Philosophy and Deep Ecology’, in Witoszek and Brennan (eds.) 1999, pp.
		Links between economics and environmental ethics are particularly well established.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ethics-environmental (667 words)

	Jim Powlesland's Hunting Page
		To sustain ethical hunting and the resources essential to that purpose.
		Jim Posewitz on a fundamental concept of ethical hunting.
		Miscellaneous articles on hunting, religion, trapping, activism, etc.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~powlesla/personal/hunting/hunting.html (332 words)

	Environmental Ethics
		The confluence of ethical, political and legal debates about the environment, the emergence of philosophies to underpin animal rights activism and the puzzles over whether an environmental ethic would be something new rather than a modification or extension of existing ethical theories were reflected in wider social and political movements.
		Environmental ethics is the discipline that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman contents.
		A straightforward implication of this version of the land ethic is that an individual member of the biotic community ought to be sacrificed whenever that is needed for the protection of the holistic good of the community.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ethics-environmental (332 words)

	Lesbian Choices; ; Claudia Card
		"Card explores what being a lesbian means, drawing out lesbian meanings from the choices and values that define lesbian lives....Having found her own voice, an integration of her years of thought, teaching, activism and visibility, she speaks with authenticity about lesbian positions in the world and the ways we construe ourselves.
		"This exploration of the ethical and political dilemmas that challenge lesbians in a hostile society is wide-ranging and evenhanded.
		Card discusses the sometimes uneasy alliances between feminism and gay activism, ambiguous distinctions between friendship and lesbian desire, and the ethics of outing.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/023108/0231080093.HTM (332 words)

	Rutgers University Press
		Mab Segrest is one of the leading political and ethical thinkers of our times."Â—Becky Thompson, author of A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism
		"With penetrating insight, honesty, and humor, Mab Segrest has created an indispensable political and ethical guidebook for the twenty-first century." Â—Barbara Smith, author of The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom
		Mab Segrest, the seeker/voyager/ philosopher/community organizer writes eloquently and passionately about some of the most poignant questions of our times: justice in the context of capitalism, white supremacy, heterosexism, misogyny, and the profound spiritual and psychic struggles and possibilities open to those of us who dare this journey.
	rutgerspress.rutgers.edu /acatalog/__Born_to_Belonging_830.html (332 words)

	Maryland Atheist Network
		Ellen Johnson from American Atheists is among the many speakers — visit http://www.secularstudents.org/activism/conference/ for all the info.
		September 12 (Sunday) at 10:30am — Fritz Williams will give a talk at the Baltimore Ethical Society titled “Born Again: A Conversion Story” - an account of the changes that accompanied his journey from being a parish priest in the Episcopal Church to becoming an atheist and a humanist and a leader in Ethical Culture.
		Although Atheists gathered on July 4th to celebrate the opening of the National Constitution Center, we never actually had time to go inside, so we are paying a return visit, with no activist agenda except to have fun.
	marylandatheists.com /past_events.htm (7056 words)

	Environmental Activism
		Radical environmentalism is best understood as an attempt to enlarge the circle of legal and ethical standing (9th amendment rights) to include other species and even entire ecosystems.
		In the future, so goes the biocentric argument, we will feel the same toward contemporary society's refusal to extend legal and ethical standing to the "deer people" and the "tree people".
		Some other methods employed are tree spiking, tree sitting, road blockading, demonstrations, tree pinning, ship sinking, dam breaking and outright terrorist-type sabotage (bombing power stations, bridges, power line, etc.)
	www.onlineessays.com /essays/issues/iss086.php (7056 words)

	JewishPress.com > News > View Article
		The equation of Tikkun Olam with liberal political activism is so commonplace that it is recited as ethical basis by many of the same liberal "social activists" who cannot recite the Shema prayer correctly, who practice no Jewish ritual, and have no idea of what any other concepts are in Judaism.
		It is all the more ironic that Tikkun Olam is dredged up as underpinning for some forms of "activism" that are themselves little more than idolatry, such as the worshiping of trees, whales and nature in the name of "Eco-Judaism" by some radical Jewish environmentalists.
		Tikkun Olam is mentioned in a major place in the Aleinu prayer that closes all prayer sessions, but again it is conjunction with the wish to see idolatry and paganism erased from the earth.
	www.thejewishpress.com /news_article.asp?article=1926 (1366 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		The equation of Tikkun Olam with liberal political activism is so commonplace that it is recited as an ethical basis by many of the same liberal "social activists" who cannot recite the Shema prayer correctly, who practice no Jewish ritual, and have no idea of what any other concepts are in Judaism.
		Analytic debate, of course, would require some training and study of social science, policy analysis, cost-benefits accounting, and history, and liberal poseurs are far too lazy for all that, preferring effortless ethical posturing and recreational compassion.
		Tikkun Olam is mentioned in a major place in the Aleinu prayer that closes all prayer sessions, but again it is in conjunction with the wish to see idolatry and paganism erased from the earth.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=1760 (1366 words)

	Environmental Ethics
		The confluence of ethical, political and legal debates about the environment, the emergence of philosophies to underpin animal rights activism and the puzzles over whether an environmental ethic would be something new rather than a modification or extension of existing ethical theories were reflected in wider social and political movements.
		Environmental ethics is the discipline that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman contents.
		A straightforward implication of this version of the land ethic is that an individual member of the biotic community ought to be sacrificed whenever that is needed for the protection of the holistic good of the community.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ethics-environmental (9453 words)

	Environmental Ethics
		The confluence of ethical, political and legal debates about the environment, the emergence of philosophies to underpin animal rights activism and the puzzles over whether an environmental ethic would be something new rather than a modification or extension of existing ethical theories were reflected in wider social and political movements.
		The insight of feminism, however, is not just that the dominating party often falsely sees the dominated party as lacking (or possessing) the allegedly superior (or inferior) qualities.
		For instance, the male may be said to excel in rationality over the emotional female; the active Cartesian mind, being free from physical constrains, may be seen as superior to the mechanical passive body; the civilized and progressive human culture may be deemed superior to the primitive nonhuman nature.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ethics-environmental (9453 words)

	GLOBALIZATION - The NI Interview
		For Sharp, hard-headed realism is more important than ethical and religious zeal in the struggle for peace.
		In his mid-sixties now, Sharp first got involved in activism with anti-segregation, lunch-counter sit-ins back in his student days in Columbus, Ohio – ‘long before people were doing that sort of thing’.
		Sharp believes that any regime, no matter how dictatorial, depends upon crucial sources of power: a certain moral authority, obedience or at least some co-operation from the people, the army and the police, the economic system and the bureaucracy.
	www.newint.org /issue296/interview.htm (867 words)

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