It Costs Us So Little

Michael Vick May Enjoy Watching Dogs Fight. Someone Else May Find That Repulsive But See Nothing Wrong With Eating An Animal Who Has Had A Life As Full Of Pain And Suffering As The Lives Of The Fighting Dogs. It's Strange That We Regard The Latter As Morally Different From, And Superior To, The Former.

The Most Important Form Of Incremental Change Is The Decision By The Individual To Become Vegan. Veganism, Or The Eschewing Of All Animal Products, Is More Than A Matter Of Diet Or Lifestyle; It Is A Political And Moral Statement In Which The Individual Accepts The Principle Of Abolition In Her Own Life. Veganism Is The One Truly Abolitionist Goal That We Can All Achieve - And We Can Achieve It Immediately, Starting With Our Next Meal.

The Distinction Between Meat And Other Animal Products Is Total Nonsense. Vegetarianism Is A Morally Incoherent Position. If You Regard Animals As Members Of The Moral Community, You Really Don’t Have A Choice But To Go Vegan.

I Certainly Believe That We Have A Moral Obligation To Care For The Dogs, Cats, And Other Nonhumans Whose Existence We Have Caused Or Facilitated As Part Of The Institution Of 'pet' Ownership. But I Maintain That We Ought To Abolish The Institution And Stop Causing Or Facilitating The Existence Of More 'companion' Animals.

It Costs Us So Little To Go Vegan. It Costs Animals So Much If We Don't.