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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. This, now, is a very practical matter, where all measures we take must be tested empirically on their consequences. And the only way to totally alleviate that suffering is to not use the animal. How about this?

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On Going Vegan

Animal Person

Some go vegetarian first, then vegan. Then there's me, going vegetarian then vegan, and then eating filet mignon and salmon for a year before going vegan again, and my husband who went vegan overnight after being an omnivore for 38 years. But they too lead one to accept "ethical meat" as an option because their focus is on suffering.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 6 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Glass-Walled Slaughter Houses Mel Morse, former president of the Humane Society of the United States, once remarked: “If every one of our slaughter houses were constructed of glass this would be a nation of vegetarians.”

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

If you are already a vegetarian, make this the year that you decide to go vegan. e) Don’t purchase cosmetics or personal care products that were tested on animals when equally effective cruelty-free products are available. (f) j) Donate only to Humane Charities that don't test on animals.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Suffering and injustice are inherent in life, and time is short.