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ON EATING ANIMALS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2014

Michael B. Gill
Michael B. Gill*
Affiliation:
Philosophy, University of Arizona
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Abstract

This essay is a critical response to Loren Lomasky's essay in this volume: “Is It Wrong to Eat Animals?” The essay argues that Lomasky both overestimates the value of eating meat and underestimates the harms to animals of practices surrounding meat eating. While Lomasky takes the fact that an animal would not have lived at all if it were not being raised for food to constitute a benefit for animals being so raised, this essay argues that it would be better for animals raised on factory farms to have never been born. It also contends that Lomasky overstates his case regarding the benefits of meat eating for human well-being. While gastronomic experiences can enrich our lives, it would be a mistake to think that meat eating is indispensable to the enrichment of our lives; one canexperience the flourishing of eating well without eating animals.

Type
Research Article
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Social Philosophy and Policy , Volume 30 , Issue 1-2 , January 2013 , pp. 201 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation 2013 

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