Why Veganism Matters
Why Veganism Matters Most people care about animals, but only a tiny fraction are vegan. They certainly do not believe that they have a moral obligation to become vegan.Gary L. The rest often think…
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Why Veganism Matters
Most people care about animals, but only a tiny fraction are vegan. They certainly do not believe that they have a moral obligation to become vegan.Gary L. The rest often think of veganism as an extreme position.
He shows that there is a contradiction in thinking that animals matter morally if one is also not vegan, and he explains why this belief should logically lead all who hold it to veganism. Francione--the leading and most provocative scholar of animal rights theory and law--demonstrates that veganism is a moral imperative and a matter of justice. Francione dismantles the conventional wisdom that it is acceptable to use and kill animals as long as we do so "humanely." He argues that if animals matter morally, they must have the right not to be used as property.
That means that we cannot eat them, wear them, use them, or otherwise treat them as resources or commodities.