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Title: | Why We Should Be Vegetarians | Contributor(s): | Fox, Michael Allen (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2048 | Abstract: | The food we choose to eat tells a good deal about who we are and how we stand in relation to nonhuman animals and nature as a whole. Though most people are concerned about the state of the world and about their own health, they tend not to reflect very much, if at all, on what results from their dietary choices, and therefore see nothing wrong in eating meat I question this attitude. Specifically, I argue that, for the same reasons we should care about pain, suffering, well-being, and death in humans, so should we care about the fate of animals we traditionally designate as sources of meat Caring is supplemented in my argument by considerations of justice, and I contend that for reasons of caring and justice, we should be vegetarians, consistent with the aim of minimizing the harm we cause by our lifestyle choices. Finally, I examine what it means to take responsibility for our diets and challenge meat eaters to come to terms with the wrongdoing that is inherent in the livestock industry today. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 20(2), p. 295-310 | Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Center | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 0739-098X | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18464455 https://secure.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/journal?openform&journal=pdc_ijap http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an2886158 |
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