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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 5 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. ARGUMENTS FOR MORAL VEGETARIANISM A variety of arguments have been given for vegetarianism. I outline two arguments of this sort in what follows in order to illustrate some of the difficulties in evaluating moral vegetarianism.

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Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys

Animal Ethics

Here is a New York Times story about a vegetarian restaurant in (of all places) France.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. Part V: Me and My Monkey. He talks about "My research monkey," Clayton, and what he did to Clayton, and writes as if Clayton didn't mind at all. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 7 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Speciesism If there is some doubt whether the arguments from monkeys and from glass walls should be considered moral arguments, there can be no doubt about the moral import of the argument from speciesism. KBJ: Ditto.

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