Food for Thought The Debate over Eating Meat,9781591021186

Food for Thought The Debate over Eating Meat

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ISBN13: 9781591021186
ISBN10: 1591021189
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): Prometheus
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Summary

For anyone who has ever wondered about the ethics of killing animals for food, this is the definitive collection of essays on the ethical debate. Written by internationally recognised scholars on both sides of the debate, the provocative articles here compiled will give vegetarians and meat-eaters a thorough grounding in all aspects of this controversial issue.

Author Biography

Steve F. Sapontzis is professor emeritus of philosophy at California State University at Hayward, where he taught for twenty-five years

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction 9(13)
Steve F. Sapontzis
Section One: A Controversy with a Long Past
A Very Brief History of Philosophical Vegetarianism and Its Influence
22(14)
Daniel Dombrowski
Section Two: What Anthropology and Medicine Have to Tell Us about Eating Meat
What Is Our Natural Diet, and Should We Really Care
36(10)
Randall Collura
Vegetarianism: The Healthy Alternative
46(11)
Neal Barnard
Kristine Kieswer
Nutritional Risks of Vegan Diets
57(13)
Johanna T. Dwyer
Franklin M. Loew
Section Three: The Recent Philosophical Debate over the Moral Status of Animals and Its Implications for Our Diet
The Basic Argument for Vegetarianism
70(11)
James Rachels
The Conscientious Carnivore
81(11)
Roger Scruton
The Right Not to Be Eaten
92(16)
Evelyn B. Pluhar
Animal Liberation: Vegetarianism as Protest
108(10)
Peter Singer
Utilitarianism and Moral Vegetarianism Again: Protest or Effectiveness?
118(6)
R. G. Frey
Why It's Wrong to Eat Animals Raised and Slaughtered for Food
124(14)
Bart Gruzalski
Vegetarianism and the Ethics of Virtue
138(14)
Stephen R. L. Clark
A Critique of the Alleged Moral Basis of Vegetarianism
152(16)
Carl Cohen
Section Four: Traditional and Contemporary Religious Teachings about Our Relation to Animals
The Jewish Diet and Vegetarianism
168(9)
Roberta Kalechofsky
Christians Are What Christians Eat
177(9)
Tom Regan
The Theological Debate about Meat Eating
186(12)
Andrew Linzey
The Consumption of Animals and the Catholic Tradition
198(11)
John Berkman
Is Vegetarianism Un-Islamic?
209(14)
Richard C. Foltz
Eastern Religions and the Eating of Meat
223(13)
James Gaffney
Ask Your Brother for Forgiveness: Animal Respect in Native American Traditions
236(12)
Rod Preece
Section Five: The Feminist Debate over the Relation between the Treatment of Animals and of Women
The Sexual Politics of Meat
248(13)
Carol J. Adams
A Paradox of Ethical Vegetarianism: Unfairness to Women and Children
261(11)
Kathryn Paxton George
Contextual Moral Vegetarianism
272(12)
Deane Curtin
Empathy and Vegetarian Commitments
284(10)
Lori Gruen
Section Six: The Environmental Debate over Respecting Predatory Nature and Protecting Animals
Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers
294(8)
Ned Hettinger
Vegetarianism, Predation, and Respect for Nature
302(13)
Jennifer Everett
Moderation, Morals, and Meat
315(12)
Frederick Ferre
Vegetarianism and Ecofeminism: Toppling Patriarchy with a Fork
327(17)
Marti Kheel
Section Seven: Which Is More Important, Respecting Cultural Diversity or Protecting Animals?
Animals and Ecology: Toward a Better Integration
344(15)
Val Plumwood
Subsistence Hunting
359(12)
Gary L. Comstock
Further Reading 371(4)
List of Contributors 375

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