For anyone who has ever wondered about the ethics of killing
animals for food, this is the definitive collection of essays on
the ethical debate. Written by internationally recognized scholars
on both sides of the debate, the provocative articles here compiled
will give vegetarians and meat-eaters a thorough grounding in all
aspects of this controversial issue. After an introduction to the
nature of the debate by editor Steve F. Sapontzis, Daniel
Dombrowski reviews the history of vegetarianism. There follows a
discussion of health issues and what anthropology has to tell us
about human diet. Also included are the classic cases for
vegetarianism from philosophers Peter Singer and Tom Regan, and new
essays rebutting those classic positions from humanists Roger
Scruton and Carl Cohen, among others. Various scholars then examine
religious teachings about eating animals, which are drawn from
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as Native American and
Eastern traditions. Finally, Carol J. Adams, Deanne Curtin, and Val
Plumwood, among other outstanding advocates, debate the ethics of
eating meat in connection with feminism, environmentalism, and
multiculturalism. Containing virtually a "Who's Who" of
philosophers, social critics, environmentalists, feminists, and
religious scholars who have participated in the vegetarianism
debate over the past quarter century, this outstanding anthology of
expert articles, most of them new, provides the latest thinking on
a subject of increasing public interest.
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