September 2009
2 posts
“The day may come, when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights...”
– Jeremey Bentham, from Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Why I'm vegetarian
When people learn that I’m vegetarian they inevitably ask why. Especially since I only gave up meat about 5 months ago. The simple reason is Peter Singer. He is an applied ethicist whose writing provided the main intellectual impetus for the animal rights movement.
Here is a basic outline of the argument that caused me to foreswear meat.
1. Suffering is bad.
2. Since suffering is bad...