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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Consistency

Animal Ethics

It is certain, then, that the practice of flesh-eating involves a vast amount of cruelty, a fact which cannot be lessened or evaded by any quibbling subterfuges. I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. Surely that counts for something, morally. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong.