Arguments For Eating Animals and Against Veganism?
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:51 pm
Having been vegan for 12 years and vegetarian for an additional 7 years, Ive pretty much heard every argument thrown at me to defend meat eating and oppose veganism.
Here are some of the more common reasons Ive been given to keep eating animals:
1) animals are bred to be food
2) animals are our inferior and we have been given dominion over them to do as we like
3) animals are missing some human characteristic that makes us ignore their moral worth
4) if wild animals are justified in killing and eating animals, then why aren't we?
5) its natural
6) we have always done it
7) I like it, its my choice and who are you to tell me that its wrong
8) we need meat/dairy/eggs to be healthy
9) vegans are sickly hippies
10) real men eat meat
11) what would we do with all the animals if we all went vegan overnight?
12) we ensure that these animal species won't go extinct
13) plants are alive too, so why do you think its wrong to kill animals but not plants?
14) as long as you treat the animals nicely, then all is okay to use and kill.
Any other arguments Im missing? Which do you detest most? For me, I detest the plant argument, the "its natural argument", and "they will go extinct" argument. Don't get me wrong, they all are horrible, but those particular ones annoy me to no end.
Here are some of the more common reasons Ive been given to keep eating animals:
1) animals are bred to be food
2) animals are our inferior and we have been given dominion over them to do as we like
3) animals are missing some human characteristic that makes us ignore their moral worth
4) if wild animals are justified in killing and eating animals, then why aren't we?
5) its natural
6) we have always done it
7) I like it, its my choice and who are you to tell me that its wrong
8) we need meat/dairy/eggs to be healthy
9) vegans are sickly hippies
10) real men eat meat
11) what would we do with all the animals if we all went vegan overnight?
12) we ensure that these animal species won't go extinct
13) plants are alive too, so why do you think its wrong to kill animals but not plants?
14) as long as you treat the animals nicely, then all is okay to use and kill.
Any other arguments Im missing? Which do you detest most? For me, I detest the plant argument, the "its natural argument", and "they will go extinct" argument. Don't get me wrong, they all are horrible, but those particular ones annoy me to no end.