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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

This brings up the question of how one can distinguish between what is forbidden by lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. Since animals cannot be judged morally praiseworthy or blameworthy, the question of whether it is morally wrong for them to eat meat cannot be raised.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning. The question can be raised: Why should these organisms be killed and others not be killed? If so, no moral objection based on the killing of animals could be raised to the eating of meat.

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