Deep Vegetarianism

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Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments
1. A Historical-Philosophical Overview Learning from the History of Vegetarianism • Antiquity and the Special Case of Porphyry • From Medieval Times to the Modern Era
2. You Are What You Eat (Almost): The Meaning of Food Food Symbolism • The Meaning of Meat • Vegetarian Meanings
3. Compartmentalization of Thought and Feeling-and the Burden of Proof The Compartmentalization Phenomenon • Inconsistency • Failing to See Connections • A Brief Case Study: Environmental Ethicists and Meat-Eating • Reversing the Burden of Proof
4. Vegetarian Outlooks Types of Vegetarianism • Experiences, Emotions, and Vegetarianism • Grounds for Vegetarianism • The Moral Status of Animals
5. Arguments for Vegetarianism: I An Overview • Good Health • Animal Suffering and Death • Impartiality, or Disinterested Moral Concern
6. Arguments for Vegetarianism: II The Environmental Impact of Meat Production • The Manipulation of Nature • World Hunger and Injustice • Interconnected Forms of Oppression • Common Threads
7. Arguments for Vegetarianism: III Wisdom Traditions and Modern Parallels • Interspecies Kinship and Compassion • Universal Nonviolence (Ahimsa) • Earthdwelling: Native Peoples’ Spirituality • Major Religions and Minority Voices • Vegetarian Building Blocks
8. Arguments Against Vegetarianism The Consequences of Vegetarianism • Humans as Natural Carnivores • Animals as Replaceable • An Ecological Objection • The Necessity of Killing • A Feminist Critique of Vegetarianism • Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Imperialism, and Meat-Eating • Preventing Carnivorous Behavior in Nature • Eating Shmoos and Other Consenting or Indifferent Animals • Why Not Eat Free-Range Animals? • The Requirement of Moral Sainthood • Some Observations
9. Conscience and Change The Vegetarian Conscience • Vegetarianism or Veganism? • New Directions and Creative Thinking • A Way of Life
Notes Select Bibliography Index