| Description |
382 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Section 1: A controversy with a long past. Very brief history of philosophical vegetarianism and its influence / Daniel Dombrowski -- Section 2: What anthropology and medicine have to tell us about eating meat. What is our natural diet, and should we really care? / Randall Collura -- Vegetarianism : the healthy alternative / Neal Barnard and Kristine Kieswer -- Nutritional risks of vegan diets / Johanna T. Dwyer and Franklin M. Loew -- Section 3: The recent philosophical debate over the moral status of animals and its implications for our diet. Basic argument for vegetarianism / James Rachels -- Conscientious carnivore / Roger Scruton -- Right not to be eaten / Evelyn B. Pluhar -- Animal liberation : vegetarianism as protest / Peter Singer -- Utilitarianism and moral vegetarianism again : protest or effectiveness? / R. G. Frey -- Why it's wrong to eat animals raised and slaughtered for food / Bart Gruzalski -- Vegetarianism and the ethics of virtue / Stephen R. L. Clark -- Critique of the alleged moral basis of vegetarianism / Carl Cohen -- Section 4: Traditional and contemporary religious teachings about our relation to animals. Jewish diet and vegetarianism / Roberta Kalechofsky -- Christians are what Christians eat / Tom Regan -- Theological debate about meat eating / Andrew Linzey -- Consumption of animals and the Catholic tradition / John Berkman -- Is vegetarianism un-Islamic? / Richard C. Foltz -- Eastern religions and the eating of meat / James Gaffney -- Ask your brother for forgiveness : animal respect in Native American traditions / Rod Preece -- Section 5: The feminist debate over the relation between the treatment of animals and of women. Sexual politics of meat / Carol J. Adams -- Paradox of ethical vegetarianism : unfairness to women and children / Kathryn Paxton George -- Contextual moral vegetarianism / Deane Curtin -- Empathy and vegetarian commitments / Lori Gruen -- Section 6: The environmental debate over respecting predatory nature and protecting animals. Bambi lovers versus tree huggers / Ned Hettinger -- Vegetarianism, predation, and respect for nature / Jennifer Everett -- Moderation, morals, and meat / Frederick Ferre -- Vegetarianism and ecofeminism : toppling patriarchy with a fork / Marti Kheel -- Section 7: Which is more important, respecting cultural diversity or protecting animals? Animals and ecology : toward a better integration / Val Plumwood -- Subsistence hunting / Gary L. Comstock. |
| Subject |
Vegetarianism.
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| Added Author |
Sapontzis, S. F. (Steve F.)
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| ISBN |
1591021189 |
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