Gregory F. Tague, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus
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Founder and Senior Developer of The Evolutionary Studies Collaborative at St. Francis College
Founder and Editor of the ASEBL Journal site (animal studies ethical behavior literacy), www.asebl.net
General editor of the Bibliotekos literary website, www.ebibliotekos.com
Founder and editor along with Fredericka Jacks of Literary Veganism - An Online Journal
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Here's a 2019 video of me telling the Story of Jimmy
Earth Day Video on the Importance of Worms
"...strong passions have somewhat frayed the tolerance for ambiguity that is essential to science." -Carl Sagan. "No matter how much our species preoccupies us, life is a far wider system." -Lynn Margulis. " Works are of value only if they give rise to better ones." - Alexander von Humboldt in a letter to Charles Darwin regarding their writings.
I've written on the subjects of environmental and animal ethics, veganism, great ape social behaviors and intelligence, the arts from an evolutionary perspective, character, morality, and consciousness. Book links on left panel.
CONTACT: ebibliotekos [at] gmail [dot] com - clear subject line, please
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REPRESENTATIVE ESSAYS
Humanity's Language: A Meditation on Nature. An ASEBL Opinion Essay. 6 January 2025. https://www.asebl.net/2025/01/humanitys-language-meditation-on-nature.html
“The Wildlife State of Gaia.” The American Philosophical Association: Ethical Dilemmas in Public Philosophy. 11 July 2024. https://blog.apaonline.org/2024/07/11/the-wildlife-state-of-gaia/
Animals as Medical Experiments. An ASEBL Opinion Essay. 21 November 2023. https://www.asebl.net/2023/11/animals-as-medical-experiments.html
An open letter to Peter Godfrey-Smith in response to his anti-veganism essay in Aeon magazine. Authored with assistance from Fredericka Jacks. 3 July 2023 on the ASEBL site. https://www.asebl.net/2023/07/an-open-letter-to-peter-godfrey-smith.html
“An Evolutionary Case for Veganism.” Mother Pelican, January 2023. 19.1. http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv19n01page12.html
“Is There Moral Justification to Eat Meat?” The Ecological Citizen. January 2023. 6 (1): epub-082. https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/article.php?t=is-there-moral-justification-to-eat-meat There’s a related video of me speaking on this subject (15 minutes) here: https://youtu.be/uwFEqJmbk6E
“Art and Adaptability: Consciousness and Cognitive Culture.” Long essay in Montreal Review. Online, January 2022. https://themontrealreview.com/Articles/Art-and-Adaptability.php
“An Ape Ethic and the Question of Personhood.” Long essay in Montreal Review. Online, September 2021. Print, October 2021. https://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/An-Ape-Ethic-and-the-Question-of-Personhood.php
“Primates are not...” Trace: Journal for Human-Animal Studies. 2021. 7 (1): 150-154. https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/99538