Eat Meat... or Don't : Considering the Moral Arguments For and Against Eating Meat.
by
 
Bennett, Bo, PhD.

ISBN
9781456633349

Title
Eat Meat... or Don't : Considering the Moral Arguments For and Against Eating Meat.

Author
Bennett, Bo, PhD.

Personal Author
Bennett, Bo, PhD.

Physical Description
1 online resource (130 pages)

Contents
Intro -- Preface -- A Few Words About Me -- Part I: Foundational Concepts -- Some More Linguistic Shenanigans -- Psychology, Not Logic -- The "In Principle But Not in Practice" Gambit -- The Reductio Gambit -- What Does "Eating Meat" Mean? -- The Coming "Clean Meat" Revolution -- The Future Here and Now -- On Morality -- Some Moral Theories -- The Theories -- Choosing a Moral Theory -- The Need for a Universal Theory of Morality -- A Closer Look at Sentiocentrism -- Well-Being -- Psychological Well-Being -- More Education Leads to More Morality -- Empathy -- What is Your Stance on Eating Meat? -- Motivated Reasoning -- On Hypocrisy -- Rationality and Justification -- Nature Requires No Justification -- Moral Status -- Metaphysical vs. Phenotypical Moral Status -- Degrees of Moral Status and the Moral Status Threshold -- Justifying Moral Status -- Affective Moral Value -- Moral Obligations and Moral Virtues -- Sociocultural Expectations -- Within Moral Frameworks -- Animals and Humans -- Is Choosing Plant-based Food Over Animal Products a Moral Virtue or Moral Obligation? -- Social Moral Value -- Situational Morality -- A Practical Application of Affective and Social Moral Value -- Rights -- Moral Value -- What is Your Stance on the Moral Status of Animals? -- Part II: Arguments for the Immorality of Eating Meat -- The Argument From Marginal Cases -- Questioning the Premises in the Argument From Marginal Cases -- What if Some Humans Really Don't Have Moral Status? -- Are Marginal Cases of Humans Still People? -- Rejecting the Argument From Marginal Cases for the Same Reasons -- Rejecting the Implication That Moral Status is Binary -- Animals Don't Lack Moral Status. What Now? -- Summary of the Argument From Marginal Cases -- The Argument from Marginal Cases 2.0 (Peter Singer) -- Questioning the Premises in Singer's Argument.
 
Some Human's Don't Have Moral Status -- The Capacity for Moral Status is Uniquely Human -- The Sufficient But Not Necessary Problem -- Summary of the Argument From Marginal Cases 2.0 (Peter Singer) -- "Name the Trait" -- Trait Equalization -- What is a Human? -- Evaluating the Soundness of the Argument -- Objections to Premise #1 -- Objections to Premise #2 -- Reasoning from an Imaginary World to the Real World -- Mind Games -- Summary of the "Name The Trait" Argument -- Supplemental "Arguments" -- Rejecting Dishonest, Deceptive, and Fallacious Questions -- The Sophistry of the "Name the Trait" Dialogue -- Evaluating a "Name the Trait" Dialogue -- The Simple and Honest Question -- The Honest Answer -- The Final Answers -- Running the Reductio -- What if the Meat-Eater Can't Justify Their Position? -- John Rawls' Veil of Ignorance -- Some Reasons Given For Not Eating Meat -- Part III: Arguments For the Morality of Eating Meat -- The Arguments -- Eating Animals That Eat Other Animals is Not Immoral -- Any Existence is Better Than Never Existing -- As Long as Animal Suffering is Minimal, Killing Them For Food is Not Immoral -- Human Well-being is More Important Than Animal Well-being -- We Kill Animals for Much More Than "a Hamburger" -- Animal Experiences are Not Human Experiences -- Morally, Killing Animals is Not the Same as Eating Animals -- Some Reasons Given for Eating Meat -- Part IV: Arguments For the Morality of Eating Less Meat -- Reducing vs. Abstaining -- Reducing Maximizes Overall Well-being -- Reducing Based on Moral Virtue -- Reducing From an Effectiveness Perspective -- Comparing "Speciesism" to Racism -- Advice for Vegetarians and Vegans -- Part V: Personal Views -- Conclusion -- Moral Theories -- The Immorality of Eating Meat -- The Difficult Task of Precise Moral Evaluations -- Alternatives Matter.
 
My View on The Argument From Marginal Cases -- My View on The Argument From Marginal Cases 2.0 (Peter Singer) -- My View on The "Name The Trait" Argument -- Eat Less Meat. -- Part VI: Questions and Answers -- Q& -- A -- How can you claim that you don't support animal cruelty yet you eat factory farmed animals? -- Is eating meat bad for your health? -- Don't you think that if you are unwilling to kill an animal yourself to eat that you shouldn't eat it? -- How do you feel about the argument that plant farming kills more sentient being than animal farming? -- Why is it considered cruel to kick a cow in the face, but considered humane to slice a knife against her throat? -- I care about HUMAN well-being. Why should I care about the well-being of fish? -- Wouldn't you agree that we have a (moral) duty to minimize unnecessary suffering? If yes, then we have a moral duty not to eat meat. -- Regarding your "sex with a young child" example, why can't I just say the trait is "the capacity to give consent"? -- How can you claim that eating less meat would be better for the environment? -- Does it make sense morally to take the life of an animal just to satisfy one's tastebuds? -- About the Author -- Books By Dr. Bennett -- Footnotes.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Meat-Moral and ethical aspects.

Format
Electronic Resources

Electronic Access
Click here to view book

Publication Date
2019

Publication Information
La Vergne :
 
eBookIt.com,
 
2019.
 
©2019.


Shelf NumberMaterial TypeCopyShelf LocationStatus
641.361:E-BOOK11:ON-DEMANDBrowse online or request access to ebook