Minimalizacja cierpienia zwierząt a wegetarianizm
Minimisation of Animal Suffering and Vegetarianism
Author(s): Krzysztof SajaSubject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: welfarism; animal suffering; veganism, beefism; vegetarianism; Peter Singer; environmental ethics; utilitarianism
Summary/Abstract: The article is a reductio ad absurdum of assumptions which are shared by a largenumber of followers of the animal welfare movement and utilitarianism. I arguethat even if we accept the main ethical arguments for a negative moral assessmentof eating meat we should not promote vegetarianism but rather beefism (eating onlymeat from beef cattle). I also argue that some forms of vegetarianism, i.e. ichtivegetarianism,can be much more morally worse than normal meat diet. In order to justifythese thesis I show that there are significant moral differences in the consumptionof animal products from different species.
Journal: Analiza i Egzystencja: czasopismo filozoficzne
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 67-83
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish