David DeGrazia > Quotes

“But what about the consumer? She isn’t harming animals; she’s just eating the products of factory farming. Well, imagine someone who says, ‘I’m not kicking dogs to death. I’m just paying someone else to do it.’ We would judge this person to act wrongly for encouraging and commissioning acts of cruelty. Similarly, while meat-eaters may typically feel distant from meat production, and may never even think about what goes on in factory farms and slaughterhouses, the purchase of factory-farmed meat directly encourages and makes possible the associated cruelties –so the consumer is significantly responsible.”
― David DeGrazia, Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction

“Since causing massive unnecessary harm is wrong if anything is wrong, the judgement that factory farming is an indefensible institution seems inescapable.”
― David DeGrazia, Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction

“لا نحتاج لأكل اللحوم للبقاء ولا حتى لنكون أصحاء. تتمثل المنافع الرئيسية لأكل اللحوم بالنسبة إلى المستهلكين في "المتعة"، حيث أن مذاق اللحم طيب بالنسبة للكثيرين، و"الراحة"، حيث إن التحول إلى
تناول الوجبات النباتية والحفاظ على هذا يتطلب مجودًا.”
― David DeGrazia, Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction