Is Animal Suffering Really All That Matters? The Move from Suffering to Vegetarianism

The animal liberation movement, among other goals, seeks an end to the use of animals for food. The philosophers who started the movement agree on the goal but differ in their approach: deontologists argue that rearing animals for food infringes animals’ inherent right to life. Utilitarians claim th...

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Main Author: Alvaro, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2019
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520 3 |a The animal liberation movement, among other goals, seeks an end to the use of animals for food. The philosophers who started the movement agree on the goal but differ in their approach: deontologists argue that rearing animals for food infringes animals’ inherent right to life. Utilitarians claim that ending the use of animals for food will result in the maximization of utility. Virtue-oriented theorists argue that using animals for food is callus, self-indulgent, and unjust, in short, it’s an unvirtuous practice. Despite their different approaches, arguments for vegetarianism or veganism have a common step. They move from the notion of suffering to the conclusion of vegetarianism or veganism. In this paper I suggest that the notion of animal suffering is not necessary in order to condemn the practice of animal farming. I propose the possibility of defending vegetarianism or veganism on the basis of arguments that do not rest on the notion of animal suffering, but rather rely on aesthetic principles, the avoidance of violence, and preservation of the environment, and health. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V. 
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650 0 4 |a Animal suffering 
650 0 4 |a animal welfare 
650 0 4 |a Animalia 
650 0 4 |a esthetics 
650 0 4 |a ethics 
650 0 4 |a Gustatory 
650 0 4 |a Non-violence 
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773 |t Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics