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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

If that means volunteering at a dog rescue or giving money to PETA, all while eating and using animals, at least you’re doing something. People are irrational and conflicted and make a show of taking a stand but manage to still do whatever they want in the end. He prefers to take the stance that because moral consistency is impossible (i.e.,

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

Some have tried to resolve this gap by hunting or butchering an animal themselves, as if those experiences might somehow legitimize the endeavor of eating animals. This is not a book about animal rights, and some might say Foer gets animal rights wrong as his only reference is PETA. The plate might have to be five feet across" (50).