Vegetarianism: a Guide for the Perplexed

by: Kerry Walters

Vegetarianism: a Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Kerry Walters

Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation

Series: Guides for the Perplexed

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Format: Hardback

Publication date: 09 August 2012

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ISBN: 1441103503 ISBN 13: 9781441103505

Vegetarianism: a Guide for the Perplexed by Kerry Walters

Critically examines philosophical, ethical and religious arguments for and against vegetarianism. > Top page

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The choice of whether or not to consume animals is more than merely a dietary one. It frequently reflects deep ethical commitments or religious convictions that serve as the bedrock of an entire lifestyle. Proponents of vegetarianism frequently infuriate nonvegetarians, who feel that they're being morally condemned because of what they choose to eat. Vegetarians are frequently infuriated by what they consider to be the nonvegetarians' disregard for the environment and animal-suffering. Vegetarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed offers a much needed survey of the different arguments offered by ethical vegetarians and their critics. In a rigorous but accessible manner, the author scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of arguments in defense of vegetarianism based on compassion, rights, interests, eco-feminism, environmentalism, anthrocentrism, and religion. Authors examined include Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Carol J. Adams, and Kathryn Paxton George. As the global climate crisis worsens, population increases, and fossil fuels disappear, ethical and public policy questions about the ethics of diet will become ever more urgent. This book is a useful resource for thinking through the questions. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation

City: New York

Pages: 176

More info: height 216 mm width 138 mm weight 408 gr thickness 23 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC23) 205.693 Library of Congress Subject: Vegetarianism - Moral and ethical aspects

Departments: Philosophy of religion;

Record updated at: 10 April, 2013 time: 03:54

Summary Vegetarianism: a Guide for the Perplexed Introduction. The Ethics of Diet Debate; Chapter 1. What Is Vegetarianism? ; Chapter 2. The Argument from Compassion ; Chapter 3. The Argument from Rights; Chapter 4. The Argument from Interests; Chapter 5. The Eco-Feminist Argument; Chapter 6. The Environmental Argument; Chapter 7. The Anthrocentric Argument; Chapter 8. The Sacredness of Life Argument; Bibliography; Index. Top page

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