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Deconstructing Spencer's Comment

Animal Person

There is a fine line between optimism and pessimism, it's called realism and (most) vegans have absolutely zero concept of what that is or how it needs to be applied to our daily lifestyles. We are people who believe that using animals when we don't need to, and certainly killing them when we don't need to, isn't right.

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On Mainstreaming Veganism

Animal Person

But of course she asked the right person and we went on a quest (and found nothing vegan) and ended up chatting about veganism. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. I had no idea there were any desserts, as I was at the entrance table all night.

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Just Two Lessons Learned for Today

Animal Person

I've decided that 20 lessons is a good number to stop at, and today I'll discuss what are probably the two most controversial ones, about the animal rights movement. I've come to a place where I don't want to spend my time talking about how other vegans aren't doing things the right way when billions of animals are dying. Lesson #11.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

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. That's right, free! This precept is variably stated as follows: Avoid killing or harming any living being.

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Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat

Animal Ethics

The lifestyle associated with the Sunday roast involves sacrifices that those brought up on fast food are unused to making—mealtimes, manners, dinner-table conversation and the art of cookery itself. That was the remedy practised by our parents, with their traditional ‘Sunday roast’ coming always at midday, after they had given thanks.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Only then will these companies “do the right thing,” if only to ensure their continued survival. 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. Starting today, I’m no longer eating ground beef.