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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. I suspect that many readers of this blog are Christians but not vegetarians. The contrast would be, for example, “health vegetarianism.”

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Beefy Morals

Animal Ethics

Nor is it only among schoolboys that over-eating is rampant, for the tables of the wealthy are everywhere loaded with flesh-meat, and the example thus set is naturally followed, first in the servants' hall, and then, as far as may be, in the homes of the working classes. Good living," unfortunately, is a somewhat equivocal term.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

I do this through the vegan cooking classes I teach and the articles and essays I write. (I I produce a popular podcast called Vegetarian Food for Thought , and I made a cooking DVD called Vegetarian Cooking with Compassionate Cooks. Anyway, just thought you could add us to your wonderful site. All the very best Colleen

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Creature Update

Animal Person

Dogs have died from hypoglycemia due to Vetsulin and there is a class action lawsuit. Also a relief is that I tried Nature's Recipe vegetarian dog food for Charles, and there's something about the ingredients (soybean meal is the 2nd ingredient--and Natural Balance doesn't have soy--maybe that's it) that he responds well to.

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on the Degradation of the Butcher

Animal Ethics

Salt , The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues [London: The Ideal Publishing Union, 1899], 59 [italics in original])

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. I think he also doesn't know that not all of us think that chasing down Class B dealers is as important as working to shut down animal experimentation and create more alternatives.

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Vegetarianism and IQ

Animal Ethics

According to this study published today in the British Journal of Medicine , "Higher IQ at age 10 years was associated with an increased likelihood of being vegetarian at age 30." The study itself doesn't explain why individuals with higher IQs are more likely to be vegetarians as adults, but Catharine L.