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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In my 40s, I became a vegetarian because I was saving sick and injured birds, and I just couldn’t eat them and save them. That’s right, for me—but it may not be for others. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public. Every meal, for me, is a celebration of life.