Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat
Animal Ethics
JUNE 17, 2011
Piety is the remedy for religious guilt, and to this emotion we are all witting or unwitting heirs. If meat-eating should ever become confined to those who do not care about animal suffering then compassionate farming would cease. Where there are conscientious carnivores, however, there is a motive to raise animals kindly.
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