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1 online resource |
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[Philosophical dialogues on contemporary problems] |
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Philosophical dialogues on contemporary problems.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword by Peter Singer; Preface; Acknowledgements; Day 1: Suffering, Intelligence, and the Risk Argument; (a) The ethical vegetarian position; (b) For vegetarianism: the argument from pain and suffering; (c) For meat-eating: the argument from intelligence; (d) The total amount of pain caused by factory farming; (e) Biases of vegetarians and meat-eaters; (f) Intelligence and the badness of pain; (g) The case of mentally disabled humans; (h) The argument from moral uncertainty; (i) Valuing animal vs. human lives |
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Day 2: Other Defenses of Meat Consumption(a) Recap of the previous day's arguments; (b) The possibility of humane meat; (c) Are consumers responsible for meat industry practices?; (d) Can one person affect the meat industry?; (e) How industries respond to reduced demand; (f) Farm animals only exist because of meat consumption; (g) Utilitarian and non-utilitarian reasons against eating meat; (h) Do animals feel pain?; (i) Animals eat each other, so why can't we eat them?; (j) Free will and moral agency; (k) Should we stop animals from killing each other?; (l) Do rights imply obligations? |
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(M) Does morality protect those who cannot understand morality?(n) The social contract theory of ethics; (o) Is meat natural?; (p) Are animals missing souls?; (q) Does the Bible support meat-eating?; (r) Judging meat-eaters; Day 3: Consciousness and Rational Belief; (a) The theory of degrees of consciousness; (b) Erring on the side of caution; (c) The use of "torture"; (d) Why prioritize the animal welfare cause?; (e) Is factory farming the world's worst problem?; (f) On rejecting positions that "sound crazy"; (g) How ethics differs from mathematics and science |
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(H) Where does the "craziness" of extreme animal welfare positions come from?(i) Questioning the vegetarian's empirical premises; (j) Questioning the vegetarian's moral premises; (k) Biases in favor of meat-eating; (l) Status quo bias; (m) Speciesism; (n) Social proof; (o) Self-interest bias; (p) Empathy and the affect heuristic; (q) Problems with intuitions concerning large numbers; (r) Empathy and psychopathy; (s) Avoiding dogmatism; (t) Erring on the side of caution; Day 4: The Vegan Life, Abstract Theory, and Moral Motivation; (a) Finding good vegan meals; (b) Avoiding eggs and dairy |
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(C) Eating bivalves(d) The value of life; (e) Why can we eat plants?; (f) Killing insects; (g) Are vegetarians hypocritical?; (h) Unconscious speciesism; (i) Are insects sentient?; (j) Free-range and humane certified meat; (k) Animal rights; (l) Debating the correct ethical theory; (m) Are there objective values?; (n) Moral skepticism; (o) Why philosophers should not serve on juries; (p) Is giving up meat "too difficult"?; (q) Are we too selfish to give up meat?; (r) Social conformity and the enforcement of morality; (s) Are vegans too moralistic?; (t) How meat-eaters react to vegans |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, April 1, 2019) |
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Series statement from publisher series web page, viewed December 20, 2022 |
| Subject |
Vegetarianism.
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Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Meat -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Animal welfare.
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Diet, Vegetarian
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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Animal welfare
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Vegetarianism
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Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429638008 |
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0429638000 |
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9780429641176 |
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0429641176 |
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