Human Diets and Animal Welfare: the Illogic of the Larder |
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Authors: | Gaverick?Matheny Email author" target="_blank">Kai?M?A?ChanEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 710 Roeder Rd #602, Silver Spring, MD 20912, USA;(2) Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, USA;(3) Present address: Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Canada |
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Abstract: | Few moral arguments have been made against vegetarian diets. One exception is the “Logic of the Larder:” We do animals a favor
by purchasing their meat, eggs, and milk, for if we did not purchase these products, fewer animals would exist. This argument
fails because many farm animals have lives that are probably not worth living, while others prevent a significant number of
wild animals from existing. Even if this were not so, the purchase of animal products uses resources that could otherwise
be used to bring a much greater number of animals into existence. |
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Keywords: | animal welfare farm animals utilitarianism vegetarianism wildlife |
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