
William Gildea
@will_gildea
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✍️ Human equality, animal ethics, and why individuals have moral rights. Postdoctoral researcher at McGill and the Centre for Research in Ethics.
Montreal, Canada
Joined September 2019
My first journal article has just been published in The Philosophical Quarterly. I argue against an increasingly popular way to argue humans matter more than animals. And: 10 years ago today, I first arrived at university. V lucky I can mark it this way.
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Abstract. Philosophers struggle to explain why human beings with deep cognitive impairments have a higher moral status than certain non-human animals. Moda
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RT @uniessexgovt: Dr Isabella Trifan from @UniEssexGovt:. “Today’s announcement is a step forward—not because 16-year-olds can pay taxes, b….
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Extract of my letter in the Guardian today:. That Luiz Hoinkis chose to clone his dog may seem to be a sign of his sincere love for animals. But his decision and the growing pet‑cloning industry that makes it possible may instead be an indication that.
theguardian.com
Letters: Animals are not replaceable objects, but individuals with unique perspectives, says Dr William Gildea. Plus a letter from Peter Lowe
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'Very traumatic', police say. 'A highly distressing crime that has caused death and serious injury to defenceless animals'. I agree. But aren't there other more routine, industrial killings that are similarly distressing and visited on defenceless animals?.
theguardian.com
Police investigating after ewe also fatally injured by dog and fifth alpaca received non-fatal gunshot wound to the face
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I wrote this - arguing the world's biggest animal charity is often too meek. Whether on women's participation in the 19th c, hunting in the 20th, or industrial farming in the 21st, it's been too cautious. A bolder vision wld actually be more pragmatic.
theecologist.org
A look back at 1820s Britain lends hope, but also the realisation that British animal protection has failed.
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I wrote this, arguing that the #RSPCA should end its farm assurance scheme and pivot to a bolder strategy in the new year.
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We need the ability to think clearly and accurately about important issues like how to act and how to live together. Philosophy can deliver that.
theguardian.com
Union chief calls for subject to be embedded in England’s curriculum to offer students a ‘dialogic approach’
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RT @GdnUniversities: Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh
theguardian.com
Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
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