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From Today's New York Times

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Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

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Some of the arguments I will present are not worked out in detail, and no detailed criticisms of any one provegetarian argument will be given. Two varieties of moral vegetarianism can be distinguished: lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. The contrast would be, for example, “health vegetarianism.”

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

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One argument is this: The present practice of treating animals used for food is immoral and should be changed. So, if one wants to change the present practice, the best means is to stop eating meat. First, it is dubious that becoming a vegetarian would have much effect on present practice. causing a decline in U.S.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. Is it necessary for us to kill animals for food? Or are we killing animals unnecessarily when we kill them for food? They are alive and well.