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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

A third of a century ago, when the modern animal-liberation movement was in its infancy, Martin published an essay entitled “A Critique of Moral Vegetarianism,” Reason Papers (fall 1976): 13-43. Suppose you are marooned on a desert island inhabited by edible birds. Presumably that a bird’s life is less valuable than one’s own.