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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

And there are religious reasons: According to the Bible , the original divinely-prescribed diet was an entirely plant-based, vegan diet: "And God said, 'Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animal agriculture is inherently inhumane. My doctor says my tremendous health and strength are due to my being a vegan. Egg production, including on free-range farms, entails the mass killing of newborn male chicks, a point made in Nicholas D. Would we say these people were slaughtered in a “people friendly” manner?