RE: Animal rights, veganism and PETA
January 7, 2011 at 9:28 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2011 at 9:31 am by Edwardo Piet.)
The argument I have is: We can only be vegan if we can be demotivated from eating non-vegan foods (meat and other shit vegans can't eat). If we can't do that then it's wrong to say we shouldn't eat non-vegan foods. "Ought" implies "can" so if we can't don't tell us we shouldn't. You don't know if we can, so give us the benefit of the doubt.
Also, with at least some people, vegan diets whilst being good for animals can be bad for ourselves. So it can sometimes be a matter of health and not just abstaining from pleasurable foods.