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A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism

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Title/Author:	A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism/ by Andrew F. Smith.
Author:	Smith, Andrew F.
Description:	XIV, 178 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Ethics. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137554895
ISBN:	9781137554895

A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism
Smith, Andrew F.

A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism[electronic resource] /by Andrew F. Smith. - 1st ed. 2016. - XIV, 178 p.online resource.

Is vegetarianism morally defensible? Can one even be a vegetarian? This book asserts that the answers to both these questions is a resounding 'no.' Drawing on the latest research in plant science, systems ecology, environmental philosophy, and cultural anthropology, Andrew F. Smith—himself a long-time vegetarian—shatters the distinction between vegetarianism and omnivorism. He explains how the world would be better off if we could re-orient the way we think about plants, animals, and the moral reasoning that we use to bolster our belief in such a binary. Smith illustrates how the divisions we have constructed between plants and animals, and between omnivorism and vegetarianism, is emblematic of a way of thinking about ourselves and our eating practices that perpetuates an ecocidal worldview. A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism insists we must adopt new ways of looking at things if our species is to survive and thrive. Smith suggests we begin by re-envisioning our relationship with our food. It turns out we are not what we eat, but who we eat. And this makes a world of difference.

ISBN: 9781137554895

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137554895doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

555769
Ethics.

LC Class. No.: BJ1-1725

Dewey Class. No.: 170

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