Ethics of eating meat

The theme, food moralizing, highlights different types of moralizing on food and eating, representing external and internal dimensions of the moral space of food. Jonathan Safran Foer, author of an article called “Against Meat” has a grandmother who grew up during WWII and during this time there was very little food to eat. Food, for her, was “terror, dignity, gratitude, vengeance, joy, humiliation, religion, history, morals, and of course, love” (Foer 450). Food has different meaning to many…

America. It is shocking that many people are unaware of the consequences of eating processed fast foods. People who battle with obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular problems can all trace their issues to bad eating habits. The awareness of food and how it affects our wellbeing is extremely important to advocate, as it can make a difference for many. If more people where educated on the foods they eat, a revolt against bad eating…

4) There is a broad range of ethical theories that have differing perspectives on what is considered morally correct and incorrect. To begin, Virtue Ethics is based on virtuous character. Moral standards arise due to virtuous characters and their actions and beliefs. Aristotle is the main philosopher in Virtue Ethics, and he believed that in order to reach Eudaimonia, also known as happiness, it was imperative to develop virtues. Next, Thomas Aquinas is the main philosopher for the Natural Law…

Say that someone, Lisa, agrees with the Yulin Dog Meat Festival and that eating dog meat is not as bad as it seems. According to subjectivism, an individual cannot say that this is wrong because Lisa personally enjoys the festival and eating dog meat. If Lisa were to state that eating dogs and attending the Yulin Dog Meat Festival were wrong and she still decides to participate in these things, then she would be wrong. Subjectivism may…

this vast consumption of livestock is in fact bad for our health. Veganism is a movement in which people are making the choice in refusing to consume or use animal products and food. People in todays generation have been adapting to a new way of eating and a way to change the course of the future of this world. Adapting to this new life style can help reduce the problems with diminution of our natural resources, the rapidly growing problem with climate change, and the pollution that the…

theory is applied to the ethics of raising animals for food. Animal exploitation is a genuine and ongoing process in our society manifesting into an industry that brings into questions the ethical and moral rights of factory farming. Jonathan Safran Foer relates in his article “Against Meat,” the struggles he faced, earlier in life, to eliminate meat from his diet and convert to a vegetarian style of life. Factory Farming was a primary focus in his decision not to eat meat citing the…

The Franklin defence of meat-eating is the claim that meat-eating is morally permissible because animals eat other animals. I examine five versions of this defence. I argue that two versions, claiming respectively that might is right and that animals deserve to be eaten, can easily be dismissed,and that the version based on a claim that God intends us to eat animals is theologically controversial. I go on to show that the two other versions -- one claiming that meat-eating is natural, the other…

authors that touched on various subtopics of ethics. The topics that were particularly important to me was vegetarianism and the effects of factory farming animals and how this is a serious ethical issue due to the mass suffering of animals and the effect it has on the environment. After reading the chapters, “Becoming a Vegetarian” by Peter Singer, I almost immediately became a vegetarian. This chapter by Singer highlighted the key points of why eating meat is morally wrong and he listed the…

this group is solely 13.2 percent of the total American population ("Vegetarianism in America"). Although vegetarians experience various benefits, many people refuse to partake in the diet. However, because of the improved health obtained through meat abstinence and the ethical as well as environmental problems resulting in animal slaughter, more people should engage in a vegetarian diet. Through vegetarianism, chronic diseases such as cancers, heart disease, and diabetes can be controlled or…

is that still a valid reason to kill it and eat it? Jonathan Safran Foer in chapter 2 of his book Eating Animals said “But why wouldn 't I eat a dog I 'd never met ? Or more to the point, what justification might I have for sparing dogs but eating other animals ?” (p.24). He’s basically saying people are so opposed to eating dogs because they are emotionally attached to them and it is considered as taboo, however they have…