10.25.2024

Food choices

Arguments against consuming animal products

  1. Tom Regan--it's all rights-violating doesn't matter how it's done
  2. Alastair Norcross--the Fred argument; you can make a difference 
  3. Singer
    • principle of equality--which option must we choose in table below?
    • you can make a difference
    • changing your diet makes you part of a boycott

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Food choices

  1. Standard American Diet
  2. Budding conscientious omnivore--switch to a few more-humane products (what should your priorities be?)
  3. Reducetarian--Meatless Mondays, "vegan before 6" -- Reducetarian Conference this weekend
  4. Conscientious omnivore--no factory farmed animal products 
  5. Vegetarian--no meat
  6. Vegan/full Vegetarian-no animal products at all
Singer--Better, better, best
Zangwill (next week) -- not just may, but should stop at conscientious omnivore
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Choosing humane products (at Whole Foods and other places)
  • availability
  • costs
Choosing vegan food
  • availability
  • costs
  • health
  • taste