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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

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For an explanation of this feature, click on ā€œMoral Vegetarianismā€ at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning.

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Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

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There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong. If you eat meat you cannot logically find it morally or ethically repugnant to eat a particular meat (Iā€™m setting cannibalism aside here.). Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters.

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Philip E. Devine on Vegetarianism

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There are two approaches a vegetarian might take in arguing that rearing and killing animals for food is morally offensive. He might argue that eating animals is morally bad because of the pain inflicted on animals in rearing and killing them to be eaten. Or he could object to the killing itself.

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On Cannibalism

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Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. He writes: There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. But in the nonhuman world, there's simply no reason to make any distinctions.

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On Food/Lifestyle Disputes At Home

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While no study has documented how frequent these clashes have become, therapists agree that the green issue can quickly become poisonous because it is so morally charged. She warns wives and mothers not to move a family toward vegetarianism before everyone is ready. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

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I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease.

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From Today's New York Times

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22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical veganā€”he says he has just five vegan friendsā€”if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan.