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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. KBJ: There are different reasons to abstain from meat.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Consequently, one ought not to eat meat until actual practice is changed. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. The question that must be raised, however, is how the conclusion not to eat meat follows from this.