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Publisher: Mount San Antonio College/Philosophy Group
Published: Dec 1969
Genre: Philosophy - Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Pages: 34
The moral imperative behind vegetarianism is precisely this: To imagine the pain of an animal and then to ask yourself one straightforward question: Do I need to kill it in order to live? And, if you do not need to eat animals to live a good life, then ask yourself the following, and perhaps more pertinent, questions: Is slaughtering a cow, beheading a chicken, or hooking a fish necessary? Is my palate the driving force behind my ethical values?