humans to consume meat. With the decline of nutritional value in meat and rise of healthier vegetarian alternatives‚ consumption of meat is now purely for gustatory pleasure. By eating meat‚ the consumer is contributing to the slaughter of animal for pleasure opposed to survival. Eating meat with the intent of survival is morally acceptable‚ while contributing to the torture or killing of animals for personal pleasure is morally impermissible. Therefore‚ it is immoral to eat meat if healthier vegetarian
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After the visit to "Wayne Bradley’s" farm‚ Peter Singer and Jim Mason share some very important information on the experience with farming. Singer and Mason together examine negative impacts that individual Americans food choices have upon farmers‚ they believe should be the basis of dietary basics. The negative effects of much agriculture on animals‚ human health‚ and our environment as they have little faith that the American government will actually take the initiative to force the food industry
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Eating Meat and The Treatment of Animals Eating animals is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Every day‚ thousands of animals are killed for the production of food for people. We have been brought up eating meat and never questioned it. It is culturally accepted even though modern livestock and poultry production (factory farming) is cruel and gives animals no other purpose for existence except for human consumption. There are particular religions which prohibit eating
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humans to consume meat. The issue rises from the mistreatment of farm animals in horrible conditions to the horrific slaughter. Several people such as Singer are arguing that in order to solve this issue we must stop the consumption of meat and animal products. However many other people believe that animal consumption is natural and it is what makes us human. In the following‚ I will challenge Singer’s view of which we should stop animal consumption by arguing that to stop eating meat is morally unacceptable
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some people say eating meat wrong . others say it’s natural . Human beings have been consuming meat as part of their diet for most of their existence and will likely continue this behavior until the last living animal is gone from the earth. However‚ public awareness of meat-associated health hazards‚ such as heart attacks‚ colon cancer‚ and fatal E. coli bacterial infections‚ has caused great concern and shifts in many people’s eating habits. The number of vegetarians has been growing worldwide
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research‚ that meat industries are over-producing animal products‚ and in addition‚ are a major cause of environmental problems such as global warming and world hunger. Another good motive is the unimaginable cruelty these animals suffer‚ that represents torture one could never imagine for their own pets or peers. As importantly‚ being a vegetarian has numerous health benefits. Animal products contain bacteria and contaminants that have been shown to cause fatal illnesses. Cutting meat and animal by-products
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Johnny Izaguirre Professor Orshan ENC1101 June 19‚ 2013 Eat less Meat As reported in 2007‚ 275 million tons of meat were produced worldwide. This is enough meat to supply everyone with 92 pounds of meat. What does this statistic really mean? We will find that the mass consumption of animals is a primary reason why humans are hungry‚ overweight‚ or sick. Also a leading cause of the depletion‚ and pollution of water‚ the degradation and deforestation of natural forest. While causing extinction of species
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Peter Singer and Jim Mason have written a book entitled The Ethics of What We Eat. Pages 241-248 of this book discuss the idea of whether factory farming is ethical or not. For this short reflection paper I will discuss the ideas that they brought up about the ethics of factory farming‚ while at the same time bringing in my views of factoring farming and the ethics behind animal treatment. The first issue that they bring up is that‚ “Factory farms are designed on the principle that ‘animals are
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heard many peoples’ justifications for eating meat. The most common excuse‚ “An animals’ taste coupled with its diminished cognitive capacity justifies our consumption of it” (Caouette). In other words “animals are stupid and they taste good‚ so I’m justified in eating them.” But if I thought human flesh tasted good‚ would there be any justification in killing and eating someone? Why is it in our society‚ eating meat is considered morally acceptable‚ while eating your friends isn’t? What is considered
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Is Eating Meat Morally Permissible? It has been argued that meat has high sources of energy‚ minerals‚ and proteins in the human diet. It is rich in proteins which have shown to have a high energy unit as compared to other food types. Proponents of meat consumption support its consumption as it has a greater nutritional value and is good to the test buds. Apart from the nutritional reasons‚ it is also thought meat consumption maintains the ecosystem at equilibrium. If meat consumption was to stop
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