RHE 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intensive Animal Farming, Nicholas Kristof, Family Values
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A farm boy reflects. the new york times 31 july 2008. In this article nicholas kristof presents himself as a down-to-earth, former farm boy who eats meat and understands animal husbandry. At the same time, he argues that animals are emotionally complex beings that deserve humane treatment, and he spends much of the article recounting his experiences of animals with individual personalities, . Although these anecdotes seem to call the consumption of meat into question, kristof never explicitly asks readers to fundamentally change their behavior. Instead, he seems more interested in getting people to rethink underlying ethical issues involved in raising and slaughtering animals. Kristof wrote the article in response to a california bill that was up for a public referendum in 2008, and he also argues that this kind of anti-cruelty legislation is a good thing. On the level of personal lifestyle choices, though, he acknowledges the difficultly of.
