The moral complexities of eating meat

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Ben Bramble, Bob Fischer: The moral complexities of eating meat (2016, Oxford University Press)

217 pages

English language

Published May 24, 2016 by Oxford University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-19-935390-3
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OCLC Number:
905517893

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In a world of industrialized farming and feed lots, is eating meat ever a morally responsible choice? Is eating organic or free range sufficient to change the moral equation? Is there a moral cost in not eating meat? As billions of animals continue to be raised and killed by human beings for human consumption, affecting the significance and urgency in answering these questions grow. This volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers who address the difficult questions surrounding meat eating by examining various implications and consequences of our food choices. Some argue for the moral permissibility of eating meat by suggesting views such as farm animals would not exist and flourish otherwise, and the painless death that awaits is no loss to them. Others consider more specific examples like whether buying French fries at McDonalds is just as problematic as ordering a Big Mac due to the action's …

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Subjects

  • Moral and ethical aspects
  • Meat industry and trade
  • Meat