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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. Salt seems to be saying that there are degrees of rightness.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

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. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view. Cohen, The Animal Rights Debate , p. He’s right. Nor ought we kill them without reason.