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Book SynopsisThis volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers on a vitally important topic: the ethics of eating meat. Some of the key questions examined include: Are animals harmed or benefited by our practice of raising and killing them for food? Do the realities of the marketplace entail that we have no power as individuals to improve the lives of any animals by becoming vegetarian, and if so, have we any reason to stop eating meat? Suppose it is morally wrong to eat meat--should we be blamed for doing so? If we should be vegetarians, what sort should we be?
Trade ReviewThe Moral Complexities of Eating Meat is a valuable addition to the literature and a very good book. It contains twelve new essays and a short introduction from the editors...There are sharp, riveting asides about anti-natalism, bug-eating, comparative accounts of harm, duties to pets and prey animals, and so on...These are gripping, pressing issues. It is wonderful that there is a state-of-the-art collection that touches on them. Anyone interested in the topic should read it cover-to-cover. * Tyler Doggett, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I: Defending Meat ; 1. Christopher Belshaw, <"Meat>" ; 2. Donald Bruckner, <"Strict Vegetarianism is Immoral>" ; 3. J. Baird Callicott, <"The Environmental Omnivore's Dilemma>" ; Part II: Challenging Meat ; 4. Julia Driver, <"Individual Consumption and Moral Complicity>" ; 5. Mark Budolfson, <"Is it Wrong to Eat Meat from Factory Farms? If So, Why?>" ; 6. Clayton Littlejohn, <"Potency and Permissibility>" ; 7. Tristram McPherson, <"A Moorean Defense of the Omnivore>" ; 8. Ben Bramble, <"The Case Against Meat>" ; Part III: Future Directions ; 9. Lori Gruen and Robert Jones, <"Veganism as an Aspiration>" ; 10. Neil Levy, <"Vegetarianism: Towards Ideological Impurity>" ; 11. Bob Fischer, <"Against Blaming the Blameworthy>" ; 12. Alexandra Plakias, <"Beetles, Bicycles, and Breath Mints: How 'Omni' Should Omnivores Be? ; Index
