Plague

Learning from Rabbits

This article found on www.getpocket.com describes the philosophy and wisdom of Christine Korsgaard, a distinguished philosopher who has taught at Harvard for most of her career. What We Owe a Rabbit: Considering the contrast between the values of human and animal lives, according to which killing a human is wrong in a way that killing an animal is not. Christine Korsgaard Since the publication of Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation in 1975, there has been a notable increase in vegetarianism or…

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How are bushmeat hunting & black death related?

Globalized travel and trade make us susceptible to pathogens like coronaviruses. Tropical regions, rich in host biodiversity, already hold a large pool of pathogens. Our footprint of ecological destruction brings us closer to the wildlife we endanger in remote areas and the illegal pet and bushmeat trades in many parts of the world brings these animals into urban centers, increasing the chance that a novel pathogen will emerge. We are the cause of our own diseases and we can stop…

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