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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

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For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. The next assumption is no less dubious.

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Jan Narveson on Moral Vegetarianism

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And the other is taking up vegetarianism. But what about the vegetarian alternative? How do we know but what, once we got used to a vegetarian diet, we would find that our pleasure is scarcely diminished at all? Here what one needs to do is calculate the pleasure, interest, satisfaction, etc.,

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From Today's New York Times

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You will enjoy a much better meal and can safely cook it to your preferred doneness, although it will cost more. 4, 2009 To the Editor: I have been a strict vegetarian most of my life, and, as such, I have never lacked reasons—ethical, economic and health-related—to continue this lifestyle. 4): Your article about E.

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From the Mailbag

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Keith: As a historian or even an anthropologist, one could make the argument that being a vegetarian limits one's ability to understand other cultures. I, like you, am not a complete vegetarian. When I do cook it (which is maybe once every two weeks), I try to be a responsible as possible.

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

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If you are already a vegetarian, make this the year that you decide to go vegan. And, of course, by experimenting with all sorts of new vegan dishes, you will be learning a new healthier way of cooking and eating. If you are like most people, you think that it is seriously morally wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering.

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Philip E. Devine on Demi-Vegetarianism

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Or one might distinguish according to the kinds of value which may justify the eating of meat: turkey dinners on holidays with the family might be thought legitimate, while a bachelor cooking for himself would be under an obligation to abstain from meat.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism. He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products.