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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. Carruthers, The Animals Issue , p. No one disputes premise (3).

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. 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. They deserve recognition and support for offering Americans an alternative to meat raised in confined spaces. Caroline Abels Montpelier, Vt.,