The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat

The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat

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Ben Bramble, Bob Fischer | 2016 | ISBN: 0199353905 | English | 228 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers on a vitally important topic: the ethics of eating meat. Some of the key questions examined include: Are animals harmed or benefited by our practice of raising and killing them for food? Do the realities of the marketplace entail that we have no power as individuals to improve the lives of any animals by becoming vegetarian, and if so, have we any reason to stop eating meat? Suppose it is morally wrong to eat meat--should we be blamed for doing so? If we should be vegetarians, what sort should we be?