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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

Michael Martin is a professor of philosophy at Boston University. 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. Martin’s text is indented. Mine is not. I omit the endnotes.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

As he puts it, “Until we boycott meat we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence, prosperity, and growth of factory farming and all the other cruel practices used in rearing animals for food” ( Animal Liberation, 167). In other contexts a similar phenomenon has occurred.