Ethics Of Eating Meat
In many societies, controversy and debate have arisen over the ethics of eating animals. Two main ethical objections are to the act of unnecessary killing of sentient beings and opposition to certain agricultural practices surrounding the production of meat. Reasons for objecting to the practice of killing animals for consumption may include animal rights, environmental ethics, and/or religious reasons. One major ethical objection concludes that consuming meat is no longer a necessity for most people living in the developed world therefore the slaughter of animals to please human taste buds is not morally justifiable. Others support meat eating for scientific, nutritional and cultural reasons, including religious ones. Some meat eaters abstain from the meat of animals reared in particular ways, such as factory farms, or avoid certain meats, such as veal or foie gras. Some people follow vegetarian or vegan diets not because of moral concerns involving the production of meat and other animal products in general, but the treatment involving the raising and slaughter of animals.
Read more about Ethics Of Eating Meat: Ethics of Killing For Food, Treatment of Animals, Animal Consciousness, Debate Over Animals Killed in Crop Harvesting, Environmental Argument, Religious Traditions of Eating Meat
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