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NYT Ethicist A Contest: Tell Us Why It’s Ethical to Eat Meat
New York Times ^
| March 20, 2012
| By ARIEL KAMINER
Posted on 03/20/2012 3:36:14 PM PDT by SMGFan
Ethically speaking, vegetables get all the glory. In recent years, vegetarians and to an even greater degree vegans, their hard-core inner circle have dominated the discussion about the ethics of eating. From the philosopher Peter Singer, whose 1975 volume Animal Liberation galvanized an international movement, to the novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, who wrote the 2009 best seller Eating Animals, those who forswear meat have made the case that what we eat is a crucial ethical decision. To be just, they say, we must put down our cheeseburgers and join their ranks.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: carnivore; eat; meat
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Thank you Rush for heads up.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:36:17 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
If you didn’t eat meat, where would the gravy come from?
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:37:58 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: SMGFan
All of God’s creatures deserve a place at the table - right next to the mashed potatoes and green beans.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:40:32 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(No more RINOS, for cryin' out loud!)
To: SMGFan
To: SMGFan
As Ted Nugent says, “Kill it and grill it.”
To: SMGFan
Ethics has nothing to do with eating food.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:42:09 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: SMGFan
because i have canine teeth???
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:42:54 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: SMGFan
If it’s ethical enough for the bald eagle, mountain lion, wolf, polar bear, muskie, hawk, and hundreds of other great American species, it’s ethical enough for me.
To: SMGFan
Considering how the plants eat all of that nasty carbon and exude oxygen, explain why its ethical to be a vegitarian.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:44:53 PM PDT
by
Blogatron
(Brought to you by The American Frog Council; 'Frog - The other green meat')
To: SMGFan
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:46:37 PM PDT
by
FrankR
To: SMGFan
If you don’t eat it, it will go to waste. Really, you should eat meat because there’s not much else you can do with it.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:46:54 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(No wonder this administration favors abortion; everything they have done is an abortion)
To: SMGFan
If they want people to explain why it’s ethical, then it’s clear they think it isn’t.
But to respond: God said it was okay. Period, stop, end of issue.
To: SMGFan
I love the New York Times Ethicist column, because this dude is always wrong.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:47:20 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: SMGFan
Animals bite, so I bite them back. I call it social justice.
To: SMGFan
It is ethical because it is none of your damn business.
How’s that!
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:49:55 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: SMGFan
If our ancestors didn’t eat meat, they wouldn’t have been strong enough to survive. I honor them by eating meat at every opportunity.
Besides, if God didn’t intend for us to eat meat, he wouldn’t have made animals so tasty.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:51:03 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Signature for sale.)
To: SMGFan
Tell Us Why Its Ethical to Eat Meat?Because we can.
Since when is the NYT concerned with ethics?
How can they do so without touching religion?
Call it "cafeteria spirituality".
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:52:27 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: tet68
And if you don’t have gravy, how can you really enjoy mountains of mashed potatoes?
To: SMGFan
Because if I did not eat meat, then those animals I find tasty would cease to exist as they would serve no purpose.
Face it, who would raise cattle just for fun as pets? Chickens? Turkeys? Hogs?
What is ethical about wanting the extinction of all those species as no one could afford or want to keep them.
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:54:28 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
To: SMGFan
What is unethical about it?
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posted on
03/20/2012 3:54:40 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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