A year in retrospect: Animal Ethics activism in 2017
In 2017 Animal Ethics has developed its work further than we had done before, reaching new places and people, and anticipating great advances for next year. Read more
2nd Animal Ethics Essay Prize Announcement
The Animal Ethics Essay Prize on Animal Suffering in the Wild has been awarded to the essay “Life-fates: meaningful categories to estimate animal suffering in the wild”.. Read more
Animal Ethics website now available in Polish
With this addition, our website is available in seven languages to date. Read more
Your donation to Animal Ethics will be twice as valuable
Each dollar you donate to Animal Ethics will be matched dollar for dollar. This means you can now help us to be twice as effective! Read more
Volunteer doing research with Animal Ethics
Carrying out research is a crucial task for Animal Ethics. We work to make information available to activists, academics and the general public that may […] Read more
A new article about motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, and their consequence to animal activism
We have just published a new text that examines how our judgement can be distorted by our preferences and our wish for reality to match our previous beliefs. Read more
Animal Ethics talks and outreach events in different countries
During the next several weeks Animal Ethics will be giving talks in several countries. We’ve also been actively tabling and leafleting in different places. Read more
Animal Ethics new website design
At Animal Ethics we’re very happy to introduce the new design of our website, which aims to be more user friendly. Read more
Introducing Animal Ethics research help
Carrying out more research regarding the situation of animals is very important to make a difference for sentient animals. Read more
Animal Ethics has a new website section about veganism
This new section includes information explaining the reasons for rejecting the use of animals along with easy ways of doing so. Read more
30 years since the publication of Morals, reason and animals
It’s 30 years since the publication of the classic by Steve F. Sapontzis, that examined the question of aiding animals in the wild. Read more
Five years of the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
In July 7, 2012, a group of scientists signed the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in light of the consensus about the issue. Read more
Views supporting speciesism
If we want to challenge speciesism it is important to know how its defenders argue. Read more
New pages with answers to some frequently asked questions about veganism
A new set of texts by Animal Ethics with answers to frequently asked questions about veganism. Read more
2nd Animal Ethics Essay Prize: Reminder!
. This is a reminder of the 2nd Animal Ethics Essay Prize which will be awarded this year. Submissions are welcome on the topic of […] Read more
A new article about a common bias affecting animal activism: Scope insensitivity
This text starts a new series of articles addressing different cognitive biases which often render our activism less effective. Read more
We don’t need to kill some animals to feed others
It’s perfectly possible for animals such as dogs and cats to live healthy and happy on vegan diets. Read more
A new article about animals and politics
If the arguments against speciesism are correct, political institutions should safeguard the interests of nonhuman animals. Read more
Why we should reject the view that nonhuman animals can’t be sentient
This is a new text considering the arguments that are most commonly used to claim that nonhuman animals are not sentient, and the reasons to reject those arguments. Read more
Why the appeal to intuitions shouldn’t lead us to accept speciesism – or other questionable moral views
Our intuitions are often unreliable and even in contradiction with each other. They should be critically appraised. An attitude may be initially intuitive, and we may discover, once we reflect about it, that it is not tenable. Read more
