1. We have a moral obligation not to impose unnecessary suffering on animals; suffering imposed for mere pleasure, amusement, or convenience is, by definition, unnecessary. 2. Animals have some moral value but humans matter more than
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An irrefutable argument with premises and a conclusion - reached in the second page of the book! Readers are already compelled to be vegan and cannot provide any justification that is not grounded in fallacious reasoning!
“The junkie derives his opioid supply exogenously; while the release of endogenous opioids in the rest of us is triggered, and not always very reliably either, by stimuli such as food, sex, exercise and social interaction. We're all still seeking the same core states of psycho-chemical well-being under one description or other.”
― The Hedonistic Imperative
― The Hedonistic Imperative
“In fact, in most cases, the bulls killed in the arena are butchered and the meat is distributed to the poor. The difference between the two situations is that in one situation, the slaughter is not choreographed; in the other, it is. And that is the only difference.”
― Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals
― Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals
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