Vegetarianism and Veganism

Title
Vegetarianism and Veganism
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Fox, Michael A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-9574
Email: mfox3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mfox3
Editor
Editor(s): Hugh LaFollette
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
Malden, United States of America
Edition
1
DOI
10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee009
UNE publication id
une:14341
Abstract
Most people, past and present, have never seriously questioned whether it is morally acceptable to eat animals and treat them as resources. However, vegetarianism and veganism, which have a lengthy history in both Western and non-Western cultures, challenge these assumptions and clash with prevailing views about how humans should conduct their lives and make use of the natural world. Religious practices and ideas about diet energized early outlooks of this sort more than clearly focused ethical reflections; but the latter have surfaced periodically, from the Greco-Roman period to the present. Strong, sustained vegetarian and vegan movements today coincide with the rise of the animal rights/liberation movement, and are fueled by concerns about factory farming, climate change, healthy eating, and how to feed a rapidly increasing human population.
Link
Citation
The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, v.9. V-Z, p. 5310-5316
ISBN
9781444367072
9781405186414
Start page
5310
End page
5316

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