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  2. Paul W. Taylor - Wikipedia

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    Taylor's Respect for Nature is widely considered one of the fullest and most sophisticated defences of a life-centered (biocentric) approach to nature. In this work, Taylor agrees with biocentrists that all living things, both plants and animals, have inherent value and deserve moral concern and consideration.

  3. List of Rotarians - Wikipedia

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    Dianne Feinstein, US Senator from California, Rotary Club of San Francisco, CA [3] [2] Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, Canada. Gerald R. Ford, US President, Rotary Club of Grand Rapids, MI [3] [2] Suleiman Frangieh, President of Lebanon 1969–75, founded the Rotary Club of Tripoli, Lebanon 1950; Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, Bishop ...

  4. Human uses of living things - Wikipedia

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    The human population exploits and depends on many animal and plant species for food, mainly through agriculture, but also by exploiting wild populations, notably of marine fish. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Livestock animals are raised for meat across the world; they include (2011) around 1.4 billion cattle , 1.2 billion sheep and 1 billion domestic pigs .

  5. Plant rights - Wikipedia

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    He argues that this does not apply to plants, and that even if plants did have rights, abstaining from eating meat would still be moral due to the use of plants to rear animals. [2] According to philosopher Michael Marder, the idea that plants should have rights derives from "plant subjectivity", which is distinct from human personhood. [3]

  6. Rotary International - Wikipedia

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    Map of the presence of Rotary International. Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. The self-declared mission of Rotary, as stated on its website, is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through [the] fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders". [1]

  7. Animal ethics - Wikipedia

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    Animal ethics is a branch of ethics which examines human-animal relationships, the moral consideration of animals and how nonhuman animals ought to be treated. The subject matter includes animal rights, animal welfare, animal law, speciesism, animal cognition, wildlife conservation, wild animal suffering, [1] the moral status of nonhuman animals, the concept of nonhuman personhood, human ...

  8. Should animals be considered ‘citizens’ like people? Ethical ...

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    Do animals have rights? This is an interesting topic to consider on Human Rights Day, which falls on Dec. 10. Human Rights Day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  9. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Animal welfare is concerned with the humane treatment of animals but does not oppose all uses of animals, while animal rights is concerned with ending all human use of animals. [74] The largest American animal nonprofit, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) , is an animal welfare organization.