Cattle Killing Sheep Vegan 
Animal Ethics
MARCH 8, 2009
Suppose someone enjoys drinking the blood of cattle and hogs. Suppose further that such blood is obtained without killing the animal and without causing the animal pain. Would the blood drinker be sinning against the principles of lactovo moral vegetarianism or just the principles of vegan moral vegetarianism? KBJ: Ditto.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning. If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. Neither is it obvious, however, that eating microorganisms does not kill them.
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