Morality & Ethics Archives | Truth About Fur - The Blog! https://www.truthaboutfur.com/category/morality-and-ethics/ Truth About Fur Blog – Research, opinions and analysis Sat, 11 Feb 2023 12:20:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.truthaboutfur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TAFicon3-150x150.jpg Morality & Ethics Archives | Truth About Fur - The Blog! https://www.truthaboutfur.com/category/morality-and-ethics/ 32 32 RIP Neal Jotham: A Life Dedicated to Humane Trapping https://www.truthaboutfur.com/rip-neal-jotham-a-life-dedicated-to-humane-trapping/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/rip-neal-jotham-a-life-dedicated-to-humane-trapping/#respond Sat, 11 Feb 2023 12:20:07 +0000 https://www.truthaboutfur.com/?p=22878 Neal Jotham, the leading light of humane trap research and development, died in Ottawa on February 2, 2023. He was...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/rip-neal-jotham-a-life-dedicated-to-humane-trapping/feed/ 0 “Get on the Offensive” Says Rhode Island Furrier Dino Quaglietta https://www.truthaboutfur.com/get-on-the-offensive-says-rhode-island-furrier-dino-quaglietta/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/get-on-the-offensive-says-rhode-island-furrier-dino-quaglietta/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 03:54:29 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?p=21778 The proposed fur ban in Rhode Island has been defeated. The bill, HB7361/SB246, which, if passed, would have banned the...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/get-on-the-offensive-says-rhode-island-furrier-dino-quaglietta/feed/ 0 How Our Views on Animal Use Form, and Why They Are Hard to Change https://www.truthaboutfur.com/how-our-views-on-animal-use-form/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/how-our-views-on-animal-use-form/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:16:24 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?p=21755 In his 2012 book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, social and cultural psychologist...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/how-our-views-on-animal-use-form/feed/ 0 It’s Not Wearing Fur that’s “Immoral”. It’s Israel’s Proposed Fur Ban https://www.truthaboutfur.com/israels-proposed-fur-ban-is-immoral/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/israels-proposed-fur-ban-is-immoral/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2020 03:25:47 +0000 http://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/?p=15375 The Israeli Government recently announced that permits for the importation, fabrication or sale of fur will no longer be issued,...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/israels-proposed-fur-ban-is-immoral/feed/ 0 New Priorities? Fur in a Time of Coronavirus https://www.truthaboutfur.com/new-priorities-fur-in-a-time-of-coronavirus/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/new-priorities-fur-in-a-time-of-coronavirus/#respond Sun, 15 Mar 2020 03:05:34 +0000 http://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/?p=13695 Your idea of what makes a current event important may differ from mine, but occasionally a story comes along that...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/new-priorities-fur-in-a-time-of-coronavirus/feed/ 0 There’s No Justification for Banning the Sale of Fur https://www.truthaboutfur.com/no-justification-for-banning-the-sale-of-fur/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/no-justification-for-banning-the-sale-of-fur/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2020 02:02:24 +0000 http://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/?p=13555 The following essay appeared recently in the Toronto Star (Canada’s largest circulation newspaper), as the pro-fur side of a debate...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/no-justification-for-banning-the-sale-of-fur/feed/ 4 Fur Industry Sues San Francisco https://www.truthaboutfur.com/fur-industry-sues-san-francisco/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/fur-industry-sues-san-francisco/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:20:24 +0000 http://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/?p=13391 City’s Fur Ban an “Unconstitutional Attack on Consumer Rights” The International Fur Federation (IFF) has launched litigation to prevent San...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/fur-industry-sues-san-francisco/feed/ 1 Fur Ban Proposals Are Based on a Dangerous Fiction https://www.truthaboutfur.com/fur-ban-proposals-based-on-dangerous-fiction/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/fur-ban-proposals-based-on-dangerous-fiction/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2019 03:13:40 +0000 http://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/?p=12554 Recent proposals to ban the sale of fur in several US cities and states are based on a fiction –...
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]]> https://www.truthaboutfur.com/fur-ban-proposals-based-on-dangerous-fiction/feed/ 2 The Truth About Fashion Part 1: Going to the Source https://www.truthaboutfur.com/truth-about-fashion-going-to-source/ https://www.truthaboutfur.com/truth-about-fashion-going-to-source/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:24:51 +0000 http://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/?p=12223 The most important rule for fashion brands is to stay relevant, so it comes as no surprise that fashion brands...
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