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are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?

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are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
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RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
March 8, 2013 at 9:58 am
(March 8, 2013 at 9:47 am)Gabriel Syme Wrote: Human beings are omnivores* and so it is not unethical to eat meat.

However, this does not excuse us from the duty to treat animals in a humane fashion, which we should do always.

If it is our duty to treat animals in a humane fashion then it would be unethical to not do so and killing and eating them would definitely be treating them in inhumane fashion. You are contradicting yourself here.
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RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat? - by genkaus - March 8, 2013 at 9:58 am

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